Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI in Leiria

Northern Ireland face Portugal in the city of Leiria, which is famous for its towering castle where you can get the best views of the city.

It was 32 degrees earlier today, but it should cool down by kick-off, much to the relief of Tanya Oxtoby and her players.

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The first Swedish corner of the game on 16 minutes is dealt with by the hosts as Megan Connolly heads away.

On eight minutes, the hosts' first attack yields a corner after good work from Jessica Ziu.

A bit of a scramble in the Swedish box ends with an offside flag against Jessica Stapleton but good, positive play from Ireland.

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The hosts have got stuck in early with some meaty challenges. One has seen Nathalie Bjorn on the ground receiving treatment. A warm welcome to Dublin!

Referee Katalin Kulcsar gets us underway with Kyra Carusa getting us started at a sunny Aviva Stadium.

Ireland welcome Sweden to the Aviva Stadium knowing that, realistically, a win is needed to keep any hope of automatic qualification for Euro 2025 alive. Narrow defeats to France and England see Eileen Gleeson’s side bottom of the group.

Sweden won the bronze medal at last year’s World Cup but have started this campaign slowly themselves. After drawing with England in the opener, they, like Ireland, fell 1-0 to France so will be looking to bounce back.

Since their 100% UEFA Nations League campaign in 2023, Ireland have gone four without a win while Peter Gerhardsson’s side will be hoping to get back to the form that saw them beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 10-0 on aggregate in their Nations League relegation/promotion playoff in February

While Katie McCabe is in the lineup after recovering from a game with Arsenal in Australia on Sunday, Denise O’Sullivan and Ruesha Littlejohn are not fit to play.

For the star-studded Swedes, McCabe’s Arsenal teammate Stena Blackstenius misses out but there is quality all over the pitch.

Republic of Ireland: Brosnan, Patton, Hayes, Lo. Quinn, McCabe (C), Stapleton, Barrett, Agg, Connolly, Ziu, Carusa

Subs: Atkinson, Campbell, Caldwell, Kiernan, Larkin, Mannion, McLaughlin, Moloney, Murphy, Lu. Quinn, Toland, Whitehouse

Sweden: Musovic, Bjorn, Sembrant, Eriksson, Andersson, Angeldal, Asslani (C), Ziggiotti-Olme, Kaneryd, Janogy, Rolfo

Subs: Bennison, Cato, Enblom, Falk, Hammarlund, Jakobsson, Kafaji, Kullberg, Lundkvist, Sandberg, Vindberg, Wangerheim

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