Republic of Ireland v Sweden: All you need to know

FRIDAY 31 May

Women's EURO 2025 qualifiers

League A Group 3
Republic of Ireland v Sweden, Aviva Stadium, 7.30pm
England v France, St James' Park, 8pm

TV
Live coverage from 7pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player

ONLINE
Live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app with clips on RTÉ Sport social media

RADIO
Live commentary on an extended Game On with 2fm

WEATHER
Fine and dry with long spells of sunshine. Highest temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees in light northerly breezes. For more go to met.ie.

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It's back to Lansdowne Road for Ireland as they aim to get off the mark in Euro 2025 qualification.

Eileen Gleeson's side are in League A, which means they are guaranteed a play-off place regardless of what happens but finishing in the top two would mean automatic qualification for the tournament Switzerland.

That is proving as difficult as you would expect from a group containing three of the top-five teams in the world and the Girls in Green need a result tonight to keep that possibility alive following deserved defeats to France (1-0 in Metz) and England (2-0 in front of 32,742 fans at the Aviva).

However, Sweden at home probably offers the best opportunity for points so far, even though Friday's opponents finished third at last year's World Cup, where Ireland failed to get out of their group.

The Irish drew 1-1 in Gothenburg and unluckily lost 1-0 at home against the Swedes in qualifying for that tournament so should not be overawed by the visitors.

Even more importantly, Peter Gerhardsson is missing key