England v Republic of Ireland: All you need to know

UEFA Nations League B2

Sunday, 17 November

England v Republic of Ireland, Wembley, 5pm

TV/PLAYER

Watch live build-up and coverage of the match on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player from 4pm.

RADIO

Listen to live commentary with Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1

ONLINE

Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app.

WEATHER

It will be partly cloudy in London with occasional sunny spells and light winds. Highs of 10 degrees Celsius which will drop to about 8 degrees by kick-off time.

Table as it stands

Boys in Green's fate is sealed

First things first, whatever happens against England, Heimir Hallgrimsson's side know their ultimate fate in Group B2 of this UEFA Nations League campaign.

Thursday's win over Finland means it's the Nordic nation that are automatically relegated to League C, while Ireland also cannot finish higher than third which ensures that a promotion/relegation play-off awaits against a runner-up from one of the League C groups under the new format brought in for this edition.

The play-offs are scheduled for March and each tie will be played over two legs. As things stood prior to Saturday's round of games, the teams currently occupying second place in League C are Slovakia, Kosovo, Bulgaria and Faroe Islands.

Confidence gained but Ireland still with issues to iron out

Wins had become hard to come by for Ireland but adding another win over Finland at Aviva Stadium to the three points gained in Helsinki last month is a confidence booster.

However, while the Boys in Green kept a clean sheet and Evan Ferguson was back on the scoresheet, the performance was not without its issues.

As Hallgrimsson himself admitted to RTÉ soccer correspondent Tony O'Donoghue, a generous dollop of luck was needed to secure the win given