What time and TV channel is England v Ireland on today in the Nations League?
The Boys in Green are in London to take on England at Wembly Stadium on Sunday
Ireland take on England in London this evening, looking to back up Thursday’s win over Finland with another positive result.
England will top the group and secure promotion back into League A if they win, while Ireland will contest the relegation playoff in March regardless of the result.
That will be against a second-placed finisher in League C and as it stands, Slovakia, Kosovo, Bulgaria and Faroe Islands occupy those places but with more games to come.
Ireland and England only met in September, when goals from former Ireland-eligible duo Declan Rice and Jack Grealish sealed a 2-0 England win at Aviva Stadium.
Ex-Ireland international Lee Carsley was in caretaker charge of the Three Lions that day, and today is his final game at the helm before handing over to Thomas Tuchel.
Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson secured his first home win as manager on Thursday when Evan Ferguson headed the Boys in Green to victory over Finland.
Where is Ireland-Finland on?
The game takes place at Wembley Stadium in London.
What time is kick-off?
The game kicks off at 5.00pm.
What TV channel is it on?
It is being shown live on RTE 2, with coverage starting at 4.00pm. Des Curran is the match commentator, with Ray Houghton on co-comms. ITV 1 also has live coverage, with Roy Keane part of their punditry team.
Betting Odds
England 2/9, Draw 9/2, Ireland 12/1
Team News
Ireland are without Jason Knight who is suspended, so Charlton’s Conor Coventry has been called in as cover. There are no fresh injury concerns with Festy Ebosele passed fit to make the squad after a knock against Finland on Thursday. Seamus Coleman, Shane Duffy and Adam Idah all pulled out injured last weekend, while manager Heimir Hallgrimsson was already without Chiedozie Ogbene, Robbie Brady, Gavin Bazunu, Will Smallbone, Andrew Omobamidele, Jamie McGrath and Jack Taylor.
England have had a spate of withdrawals for this window with Declan Rice, Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Aaron Ramsdale, Levi Colwill and Jarrad Branthwaite all pulling out, but interim boss Lee Carsley still saw his team win 3-0 in Greece on Thursday without them.
What They Say
Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson: “It’s a good way to say it, but go and enjoy playing and give it a good game. Coming from a win on Thursday, I think we’ve nothing to fear and we can try to play like we did in the second-half against Greece and Finland last month. I’ve never played at Wembley, but it’s always an honour to play in places like Wembley. It’s always an honour to play the top teams in the world and England are one of the best teams in the world. That helps your growth when you play the best teams. You’re up against the best individual talents in football and they will expose your weakness. So in relation to growing and improving, it's important to play teams like this. And yes, it’s probably the toughest game of the six since I’ve come in.”
England interim manager Lee Carsley: “The win in Greece shows we're moving in the right direction, but we won't get too carried away. We've got a big game on Sunday at Wembley, so we're looking forward to that. We've got a lot of outstanding talent, the players that weren't here, we concentrated on the ones that were. People were speaking about the inexperience in the squad, but these players play week-in and week-out in the Premier League at a really high level.”
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