Match Report
In the standings it was England 1st on 15 points, Republic of Ireland 3rd on 6 — separated by 9. Republic of Ireland's recent output lagged their position: 27th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, England were scoring 2.67 and conceding 0.5, Republic of Ireland 0.5 and 2, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
The last-five ledger: England 12/15, Republic of Ireland 6/15.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for England, 2 draws and 0 for Republic of Ireland, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Wembley Stadium in London (capacity 32,609). With 86 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, E. Lambrechts was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
England: Conor Gallagher (58'), Anthony Gordon (56'), Jarrod Bowen (76'), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (79'), Harry Kane (53')