UEFA Women's Nations League - Albania v Republic of Ireland: All you need to know

Tuesday, 31 October

UEFA WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE

Albania v Republic of Ireland, Loro Boriçi Stadium, 5pm Irish time

TV

Watch live coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 4.50pm.

RADIO

Listen to live radio commentary on RTÉ 2fm's Game On from 4.55pm.

ONLINE

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

WEATHER

Albania host Ireland in the northern city of Shkoder, where heavy showers are expected on Tuesday afternoon.

The game will kick off at 6pm local time, when the temperature is expected to be around 17 degrees.

Ireland can seal promotion on Tuesday

After winning all three of their opening Women's Nations League group games, Ireland are on the brink of promotion from League B to League A.

A second win over Albania in five days, coupled with a draw between Northern Ireland and Hungary, would seal Ireland's path to League A with two games to spare.

With Eileen Gleeson in interim charge of the team, Ireland have swept all before them. A September double-header saw the Girls in Green beat Northern Ireland 3-0 in a historic first appearance at the Aviva stadium for the women's side, before overcoming Hungary 4-0 in Budapest.

The October schedule threw up back-to-back meetings with Albania, and Ireland won the first of those games convincingly at Tallaght Stadium on Friday evening, with Katie McCabe hitting a hat-trick, and Kyra Carusa a brace, in a 5-1 victory.

While Gleeson has distanced herself from any permanent managerial role, the more wins she clocks up, the greater the calls will be for her to be offered the job.

Speaking to RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport, former Ireland manager Sue Ronan said that she would be surprised if Gleeson truly didn't want it.

"Eileen has been a coach all her life," said Ronan. "And I know