Women’s World Cup Qualifiers 2022: How to watch Northern Ireland v England , TV channel, date, team news

England’s Lionesses will play their second World Cup 2022 qualifier in under a week as they take on Northern Ireland tomorrow, Tuesday 12 April 2022, just a few days after thrashing North Macedonia 10-0.

On Friday 8 April 2022, England Women travelled to the Philip II Arena, North Macedonia, and beat their hosts by yet another tremendous score as Beth Mead scored four, Ella Toone three; Ellen White scored one and Georgia Stanway scored two.

The Lionesses enjoyed 82% of the possession as well as a total of 39 shots on target compared to their hosts who had just one shot on target and only 18% of possession.

It took Mead just five minutes before netting her first goal and held a 3-0 lead after 25 minutes.

Ellen White’s goal brought up her 50th goal for England and she moved back into second place in the all-time leading goal scorers for England. Harry Kane is now third and both will compete to reach Wayne Rooney’s tally of 53 in their respective upcoming tournaments.

The Lionesses manager, Sarina Wiegman, spoke to ITV Sport after the match saying: “We played against an opponent that, compared to us, isn’t great. But we have to make the game and speed up the game and that’s what we tried to do.

“We scored 10 which is nice. We created lots of chances and sometimes we should have been a little more patient. But if you score 10 goals, that’s just a good result.

“I think there has been a lot of progress. The way we want to play really comes across. The connection today, you could see compared to the first game in September.”

England now look ahead to Northern Ireland tomorrow as they continue to storm through their World Cup 2022 qualifying group.

Here’s all you need to know ahead of England Lionesses next fixture…

When is England v Northern Ireland?

England will play Northern Ireland on Tuesday 12 April 2022.

Kick off is scheduled for 7.55pm BST

Where are England playing Northern Ireland?

England will travel to Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the fixture. This is the home for Linfield FC as well as the Northern Ireland national football team.

How to watch Northern Ireland v England?

The match will be televised on BBC Two. Coverage is set to start at 7.30pm BST. The match will also be available to live stream through BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer.

What is the team news?

Leah Williamson is expected to return to captain her county after sitting out in North Macedonia but the Lionesses remain without Lotte Wubben-Moy who is suffering from a thigh injury, and Alex Greenwood who has a knee injury.

Who is likely to win?

England are yet to concede a single goal in their group stage but have scored 63 themselves. In seven games, they have won every one while Northern Ireland have won four, lost two and drawn one.

The last time the two sides met, England won 6-0 and the time previously, the Lionesses won 4-0.

Windsor Park is set to be sold-out with Northern Irish fans cheering their team on, but England show little sign of slowing down any time soon and will be keen to extend their lead over second-place Austria even more.