England in the ascendency at St Mary's
Northern Ireland take on England at St Mary’s Stadium in the final group stage outing in Group A in the Euros.
The Green and White Army are playing for pride at this stage, having lost their opening two encounters, but they will want to put in a strong showing against a local nation.
The Lionesses sent a statement to the rest of the field with an 8-0 win over Norway last time out, building on the 1-0 victory they pulled off against Austria in gameweek one.
Squad management could come into the play, but even a second string England side, hoping to impress Sarina Wiegman ahead of the knockout stages, should have enough to make this one comfortable.
Background
Northern Ireland are the lowest ranked nation in the competition, and it does feel like this could play out as an attack versus defence affair.
The attacking contingent will be brimming with confidence for the Lionesses, off the back of thumping the Norwegians 8-0, who brushed the Green and White Army in the opening round of fixtures to a 4-1 scorelines.
England raced into a 6-0 lead by half time and will look to start quickly once again.
Germany hold the record for the most goals scored in the group stage of a European Champions, 11, and with that in England’s sights they can look to pad out the scoreline in this one. In six previous head-to-heads, Northern Ireland have never scored against the Lionesses.
Goals?
The Asian lines surprised me a little, so I am going to look to pounce in that area rather than the goal lines, but there are still numbers worth taking into account.
Northern Ireland have scored in seven of ten.
Northern Ireland have conceded in eight of ten.
Northern Ireland have seen both teams score in five of ten.
Northern Ireland have seen over 2.5 goals in eight of ten.
England have scored in nine of ten.
England have conceded in three of ten.
England have seen both teams score in three of ten.
England have seen over 2.5 goals in seven of ten.
Post bet chat Marcus's Tips:
5-0 England, comfortable winner.