Euro 2024 - Netherlands v Ireland: All you need to know

Saturday, 18 November

EURO 2024 QUALIFYING GROUP B

Netherlands v Republic of Ireland, Johan Cruyff Arena, 7.45pm.

TV

Watch live coverage on RTÉ 2 and RTÉ Player from 7pm.

RADIO

Listen to live commentary on RTÉ 2fm, with a Game On Special getting underway at 7.30pm.

ONLINE

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

WEATHER

Occasional rain and drizzle is expected in Amsterdam around kick-off time. Earlier in the afternoon will be breezy with wind gusts of around 26 km/h, with periods of rain throughout the day.

LAST GLIMMER OF HOPE ENDED

Much to the chagrin of permutations enthusiasts, Ireland's chances of achieving a Euro 2024 play-off berth are now officially over.

Slovakia’s 4-2 win over Iceland in Bratislava on Thursday finally ended Ireland’s remote hopes of a backdoor route to the tournament in Germany next summer, rendering the Dutch meeting the deadest of dead rubbers from an Irish point of view.

With a game to play in Group B, Stephen Kenny’s side sit fourth out of five teams in the standings, and that is where they will finish no matter what happens on Saturday, or on Tuesday when the group concludes as Ireland host New Zealand in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium.

That’s not to say that a victory away to the Netherlands wouldn’t go down as a memorable one, and one which Kenny would see as the perfect swansong to his reign.

FAREWELL FOR KENNY?

While there has been no official confirmation that Kenny will be clearing his desk after the New Zealand friendly, all signs point to the Tallaght native being very much at the end of the road.

Kenny’s contract is up at the end of the Euro 2024 campaign, and it looks like his time in charge will end without any major tournament qualification.

Saturday will likely