CopyBet Prediction Challenge: Predict Republic of Ireland versus England for the chance to win a 2024/25 football shirt

The Republic of Ireland and England go head to head in the Nations League on Saturday evening in what will be the first game in charge for both of their newly appointed managers, Ireland’s Icelandic head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson and England interim boss Lee Carsley.

With both looking to make their mark and get off to a winning start, this fixture takes on added significance. It’s also the first meeting between these two countries since they played out a friendly at Wembley back in 2020. On that day England triumphed by a comfortable three goals to nil and gave a debut to a then 17-year-old Jude Bellingham.

This will be England’s first match since the disappointment of that 2-1 defeat in the Euro 2024 final against Spain under former manager Gareth Southgate. Sportsbook CopyBet have the Three Lions as firm favourites at 12/25 to make a winning return to action, with Ireland 11/2 to record what would be a famous victory under new manager Hallgrimsson.

The draw at 3/1 may appeal to some though, especially if you look at recent results between these two nations. The five meetings prior to England’s 3-0 win, all ended in draws with four of them finishing 1-1. That scoreline again on Saturday is available at 13/2.

To add further interest to the match, CopyBet are giving their social media followers the chance to win a 2024/25 Premier League or international football shirt by correctly predicting the outcome of the game on their social media channels.

It’s fair to say that Ireland’s recent form coming into this game has been nothing short of woeful. Aside from two victories against Gibraltar, who are ranked by FIFA as 198th in the world, the men in green have won just one of their last 11 matches in all competitions. The Irish have also failed to score in four of their last six games and another blank for them against England is 10/11.

England interim manager Lee Carsley has a host of attacking options to choose from including the newly called up Noni Madueke. The Chelsea winger netted a hat-trick against Wolves in the Premier League and is 11/4 to get on the scoresheet at any time in this one.

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