England v Republic of Ireland: Euro 2025 qualifying - live

10m ago 15.50 EDT In the other game in Group A3, France are leading Sweden 1-0. Sakina Karchaoui with the goal. Should that result stay the same, France will win the group … and providing England avoid defeat tonight, they’d only need a draw in Sweden on Tuesday to book their place at Euro 2025. Share

13m ago 15.48 EDT HALF TIME: England 1-0 Ireland England flew out of the blocks and, for a while, looked in the mood to run up a cricket score. Then Courtney Brosnan required some treatment, Eileen Gleeson took the opportunity to give her charges the what-for, and it’s been a tight battle ever since. Sarina Wiegman’s turn to sort a few things out, though at least her team still have the lead. Share

15m ago 15.46 EDT 45 min: There will be one additional minute. The exact length of that Courtney Brosnan injury and concomitant team-talk! Share

17m ago 15.44 EDT 44 min: Mannion crosses from the right. Nobody in green in the centre. Ireland still haven’t scored in 2024; a more confident team would surely have punished England by now. Share

17m ago 15.43 EDT 43 min: England are getting really careless at the back. Stanway and Walsh take turns to needlessly give up possession on the edge of their own box; on both occasions they’re lucky their opponent is isolated and there are plenty of team-mates around to swarm. Share

20m ago 15.41 EDT 41 min: The lively Bennett takes on Greenwood down the right and earns a corner. Nothing comes of the set piece. Share

21m ago 15.40 EDT 39 min: More scrappy stuff. England don’t need to hear the half-time whistle, exactly, but the way the last 20 minutes have gone, they could probably do with a tactical pow-wow of their own. Share Updated at 15.41 EDT

22m ago 15.38 EDT 37 min: Stanway tries to relocate that mojo, clipping a pass down the inside-right channel that doesn’t quite find Mead. We’re now in the territory of having to say “that’s a little better” about England. How quickly things can shift. Share

24m ago 15.37 EDT 36 min: O’Sullivan is this close to sending Barrett clear down the middle with a long rake. Williamson saves England by intercepting and clearing. Then a little later, Hampton goes walkabout and is nearly closed down by Barrett. England have totally misplaced their early mojo. Share

26m ago 15.34 EDT 34 min: The first sustained spell of possession for Ireland. They’ve been a completely different team since Eileen Gleeson told them what’s what. Share

28m ago 15.33 EDT 32 min: … and Ireland are looking more confident in midfield, where they’re forcing England into the odd mistake. Nothing that’s yet developed into bother for the hosts closer to their goal, though. Share

29m ago 15.31 EDT 30 min: Russo powers her way down the left and cuts back for Mead, who does her best to dance her way into a shooting position. But it’s a crowded box and there’s no hope. England are finding things a little bit more difficult now. Share

31m ago 15.29 EDT 29 min: It’s pretty scrappy at the moment. Ireland will be happy enough with the state of the game, as they’ve drawn quite a bit of England’s sting. That mid-game team-talk looks to have done the trick. Share

33m ago 15.27 EDT 27 min: Now it’s Stanway’s turn to spin and be skittled by Littlejohn. Play is waved on as England still have possession, and they probe this way and that, all across Ireland’s final third. No way through at the moment. Share

35m ago 15.25 EDT 25 min: Russo turns into space, 35 yards from goal, and is dragged back by the shoulder by Littlejohn, who is pretty fortunate not to go into the book. That was cynical. Subtle but cynical. Share

37m ago 15.23 EDT 23 min: Greenwood nearly offers Ireland that special something, rolling a hospital pass out of defence towards Park. Murphy snaffles possession and sashays forward, but she’s caught between shooting and passing, and the chance goes begging. Sloppy from England. Share

39m ago 15.22 EDT 21 min: Murphy probes down the right. She drops a shoulder to get past Greenwood but Hampton claims her low cross. A little better from Ireland, who need something, anything. Share

40m ago 15.21 EDT 20 min: Pep talk over, Brosnan is fine to continue. File that one under taking some medical attention for the team. Share Updated at 15.21 EDT

41m ago 15.20 EDT 19 min: Brosnan goes down, requiring some treatment. Ireland coach Eileen Gleeson calls everyone else to the touchline, taking the opportunity to issue some beneficial tactical advice. Share

42m ago 15.18 EDT 18 min: Park starts another attack, drifting down the middle and slipping Le Tissier away on the right. Le Tissier crosses; Russo eyebrows wide left from ten yards. Share

43m ago 15.18 EDT 17 min: Park is everywhere, and now she slips a pass to her left for Mead, who rasps a shot straight at Brosnan. Ireland’s keeper has made several big stops already. Share

44m ago 15.16 EDT 16 min: Stanway’s clever reverse pass down the right nearly releases Le Tissier, but Patten does well to cover. Ireland being run ragged at the moment. Share

45m ago 15.15 EDT 14 min: … and now Carter fizzes a shot straight at Brosnan from a tight angle on the right. A second goal is beginning to feel no more than a matter of time. Share

46m ago 15.14 EDT 13 min: England are piling on the pressure. Hayes slices a clearance straight to Mead, who can’t get a first-time shot away. The goal was gaping. Then Mead is teed up by Park; she curls over the bar from the left-hand edge of the D. Share

48m ago 15.12 EDT 11 min: A lovely open, entertaining feel to this game. More, please! On a similar tip, here’s Charles Antaki on that opening goal: “Gorgeous. Fluid, decisive, smooth - and early. Hope the others are watching.” Share

50m ago 15.10 EDT 9 min: Speculative efforts at both ends. Barrett, popping up on the right this time, thumps a shot straight at Hampton from 25 yards. The keeper claims. Then Park attempts a cheeky long-range floater from distance out on the England left. Brosnan, backtracking frantically, tips over the bar, but the whistle had gone for a handball earlier in the move, so it’s all academic. Share

52m ago 15.08 EDT 7 min: That’s Russo’s third goal of this Group A3 campaign. And it’s not long before Stanway nearly scores her second of it. She barrels down the middle of the park and prepares to shoot from the edge of the D, only for Fahey to arrive out of nowhere and toe-poke the ball away from her, so Brosnan can collect. Share

54m ago 15.06 EDT GOAL! England 1-0 Ireland (Russo 5) This is a lovely team goal. Walsh and Stanway combine crisply to shuttle the ball in from the right flank. Mead takes up possession in the pocket, and wedges a delightful defence-splitting dink down the inside-right channel to release Russo, who rounds Brosnan on the outside before slotting. Share

1h ago 15.03 EDT 3 min: A long ball down the Irish left for Barrett to chase. A lot of space over there, and Mannion is free in the middle to find, but Barrett mistimes her run and the flag pops up for offside. She throws her head back in irritation with herself. Share

1h ago 15.02 EDT 2 min: Williamson rakes a glorious long diagonal pass towards Le Tissier on the right flank, but there’s nobody in the middle to find and the England right-back is forced to turn tail. Shame: what an assist to the assist that Williamson pass could have been. Share

1h ago 15.00 EDT Both sets of players take the knee of equality, love and respect, then England get the ball rolling. The rain keeps falling. Share

1h ago 14.55 EDT The teams are out! A full house at Carrow Road brings the noise as both sets of players take to the pitch. The atmosphere more than makes up for a miserable rainy Norfolk night. England in white, Ireland in green. We’ll be off once the anthems are sung, coins tossed and pleasantries exchanged. Share

1h ago 14.38 EDT England boss Sarina Wiegman speaks to ITV. “Maya Le Tissier is fit and has done really well in training sessions and we have trained for a couple of weeks now … she showed so many good things … we think this is the right moment … Jess Park must make sure she is open in the pockets … create things in their half of the pitch … have an impact on our attacking game … we are definitely not complacent … this group is really tough … this is a very important game and Tuesday too … it’s very close … Ireland are doing well … we had a very good first half against them … we scored two goals and could have scored maybe a little more … but the second half they were really pushing and were very opportunistic … we were struggling a bit with that … so we really want to stay out of that and be really tight on the ball.” Share

2h ago 14.30 EDT Recent form doesn’t favour the Republic either. While England’s home record in the group has so far been poor – the aforementioned draw with Sweden and the defeat to France – they’ve still won six of their last eight games. Ireland however are on a shocking five-game losing streak, and they’ve not scored a goal all calendar year. That’s some drop-off from 2023, which culminated in six straight wins to the cumulative total of 20-2 and earned them promotion to League A of the Nations League. Share

2h ago 14.24 EDT Here’s what happened when the teams met in Dublin back in April. Republic of Ireland 0-2 England: Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier – as it happened Read more It was the latest defeat for Ireland in an historical sequence that doesn’t augur well for them: the fifth in five matches officially recognised by Uefa, in which they’ve shipped 19 goals while not once finding the net themselves. The bright side: Eileen Gleeson’s team have a chance to write a new page of the history book tonight. Share

2h ago 14.07 EDT England make three changes to their starting XI from the side sent out to beat France 2-1 in Saint-Étienne last month. Alex Greenwood, Jess Park and Maya Le Tissier are in; Lucy Bronze, Millie Bright and Ella Toone drop to the bench. Ireland make five changes to their first XI after the 1-0 defeat in Sweden. Denise O’Sullivan, Niamh Fahey, Amber Barrett, Anna Patten and Emily Murphy step up; Louise Quinn, Megan Connolly and Leanne Kiernan drop to the bench, Kyra Carusa is injured, and captain Katie McCabe is suspended. O’Sullivan takes receipt of the armband usually worn by McCabe. Share

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