Toni Leigh Finnegan breaks well through the middle for Northern Ireland. Her run was strong but her shot was weak and it drifts wide of the post.

Nil-nil after 10 minutes.

Wow, that was close from Latvia.

Olga Sevcova meets a corner on the volley and Rebecca McKenna has to react well to clear round the post as the ball was heading towards goal.

Big moment so early on in the match.

Five minutes in and Caitlin McGuinness has had the first real effort of the match for the visitors.

With the goalscoring form she is in, the Cliftonville youngster might feel she should have done better from Emily Wilson's pass, as she fired over on the turn from close range.

Corner for the hosts - can they do better with this one that NI did with their first one?

The answer is no, as Jackie Burns collects at the second attempt.

Caragh Hamilton has been busy for Northern Ireland in these opening minutes.

Her powerful running down the right has won her side a corner, but nothing comes of it.

Northern Ireland straight on the attack from kick-off with Caragh Hamilton down the right, but the hosts launch an attack of their own.

An adventurous start from both sides.

They've kicked off in Latvia.

Can Northern Ireland get the win that would secure a record points tally from World Cup qualifying?

We'll soon find out....

We're getting ever nearer to kick-off - here come the anthems.

Kim Turner, Glentoran's newly-appointed head of girls and women's academy, has been giving her views on how to grow the women's game in Northern Ireland.

She says fostering a "one club feel" is important - read more of her thoughts here.

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Rebecca McKenna has urged any Northern Ireland players offered the opportunity to play for English or Scottish clubs to "take it with both hands".

McKenna, who hit Northern Ireland's winner in the 2-1 win in Luxembourg on Friday, moved from Linfield to FA Championship club Lewes last year and is encouraging her team-mates to do the same.

Read more here.

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BBC Sport NI

Another game, another chance at history for Northern Ireland.

Victory over Latvia would take Kenny Shiels' side to 19 points, which would be a record points tally for a women's side in a qualifying campaign.

Considering that group also contained England and Austria, it would be an astonishing tally to reach.

It's not the ultimate goal but it would be another significant landmark for this team and the progress that has been made.

The Republic of Ireland are in action just after Northern Ireland today when they take on Slovakia in Senec.

Vera Pauw's side have already secured a World Cup qualifying play-off place, but the manager has insisted they will not underestimate this evening's opponents.

Read more of her pre-match thoughts here.

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It's not often a player features for two different nations in the same year, but that is what is set to happen to Ellie Mason.

The versatile 26-year-old, who can play in both midfield and defence, made her international debut for Gibraltar in two friendlies in February but has now switched her allegiance to Northern Ireland, for whom she qualifies through her grandmother.

Mason brings a lot of experience despite being new to the NI set-up, and captained Lewes at the start of the Championship campaign.

She came through the ranks at Chelsea and has also played for Watford, Millwall, Yeovil Town and London City Lionesses.

"I've been watching Ellie for a year. She has been training with us but we want her to experience the next part of the growth of the team," said Shiels before the international window.

"She has a lot of credentials that fit our needs and hopefully she can filter into that.

"Ellie has done well at Lewes and played a part in where they are in the women's game - they are in a very good place."

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Kenny Shiels has always had an eye on the future throughout his time as Northern Ireland manager - and ahead of this game he was once again talking about the need to balance getting a win with his desire to "develop a team for the future".

Read more of the NI manager's pre-match thoughts here.

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It was a 2-1 win for Northern Ireland against Luxembourg on Friday, with Sarah McFadden and Rebecca McKenna on the scoresheet for Kenny Shiels' side.

Here's how the goals went in.

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BBC Sport NI

Kenny Shiels hinted at changes in his pre-match press conference yesterday and it's come to fruition today.

Ellie Mason has obviously made a good impression in training and Shiels is not the type of manager to just throw a player in from the off, and Toni-Leigh Finnegan has been rewarded for a strong season with Women's Premiership leaders Cliftonville.

Emily Wilson looks to be the left of a front three with Caitlin McGuinness, a standout in Luxembourg, again leading the line.

Caragh Hamilton is set to complete the attacking trio in her first start since the game at Wembley last October.

The team news from Latvia is in and Kenny Shiels has handed a debut to Lewes defender Ellie Mason.

Kirsty McGuinness is not fit enough to start and is replaced by Emily Wilson out wide, while Caragh Hamilton, Nadene Caldwell and Toni-Leigh Finnegan come into the side.

Julie Nelson, Joely Andrews, Chloe McCarron and Louise McDaniel are the other players to drop out.

Northern Ireland: Burns, McKenna, Mason, McFadden, Vance, Callaghan, Caldwell, FInnegan, Hamilton, Wilson, C McGuinness.

Substitutes: Turner, Woods, Nelson, McCarron, McDaniel, K McGuinness, McKimm, Wade, Holloway, Andrews, Beattie, Magee.

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Northern Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign draws to a close in Latvia this afternoon, where Kenny Shiels’ side know that a win would secure a record points tally for the country.

They needed a late goal to win in Luxembourg on Friday, a victory that took them to 16 points from their nine games so far.

Shiels has named a youthful team but they will no doubt still be confident of ending qualification on a high with victory over Group D’s bottom side.

We have a live stream of the match and will also have live text commentary and in-play goal clips, with a match report and reaction to follow.

Kick-off is half an hour away – enjoy!

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