Ireland Women vs England Women Prediction & Betting Tips - Women's European Championship Qualifier

Prediction published on 07/04/2024, 16:30  by Ian John | Modified on 08/04/2024 at 04:36 in Football Predictions

The Republic of Ireland women host England women in their second European Championship Qualifier in what is going to be a tough group to qualify from. In their opening game of their League A Group A3 campaign, the Irish women travelled to France and were beaten 1-0 in what was a closely fought contest. They now face their rivals from across the Irish Sea in what is a game that they must seek to get something from given how tough this group is. Head coach Eileen Gleeson will be relying on her skipper Katie McCabe to provide the inspiration for the Irish who won all their six Nations Leaue games lasy tear, but are yet to win in 2024, drawing away to Italy before losing at home to Wales before the 1-0 defeat in France.

England Women head coach Sarina Wiegman will be hoping for a much better display from the Lionesses in Ireland after a somewhat insipid display in their 1-1 draw with Sweden at Wembley. In truth, England dominated possession, but Sweden looked by far the more dangerous team going forward and had the better of the chances, earning their draw on merit. The point stopped a run of four wins in a row for the Lionesses, during which they had scored 21 goals and conceded just five, but the display on Friday night was below par for the current European Champions. A win here is a must for England in order to keep them in contention with the French and Swedes who are now probably the slight favourites to qualify from this group.