Ireland Republic vs England

After their agonising defeat to Spain in the 2024 European Championship final in Berlin, England get their 2024-25 Nations League campaign underway with a new man at the helm – Lee Carsley guided the Under-21 side to Euros success in 2023 and has been handed the chance to take over from Gareth Southgate on an interim basis. Carsley inherits a side packed with star quality including Jude Bellingham, Cole Palmer, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, but the challenge will be to find a system that gets the very best out of all these talents – meanwhile, Heimir Hallgrimsson has already pulled off one famous win over England in his career with Iceland at Euro 2016 and will look for another as he takes charge of his first game with the Republic of Ireland after succeeding Stephen Kenny in July 2024.