Summary

  • Hungary 0-4 Republic of Ireland (FT)

  • Northern Ireland 1-0 Albania (FT) - Watch on BBC Sport website & BBC iPlayer

  • Tanya Oxtoby will take charge of her first home match as NI manager

  • Republic of Ireland beat Northern Ireland 3-0 in Women's Nations League opener on Saturday

  • Albania drew 1-1 with Hungary in opening Group B1 match

  1. CLOSE!published at 18:49 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Denise O'Sullivan plays an inch perfect pass which leaves Kyra Carusa through on goal but the Hungary defence rush back and Laura Kovacs deflects the strike.

  2. Postpublished at 18:46 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Katie McCabe plays a low freekick into the box which Lucy Quinn latches onto, but her resulting strike is off target.

  3. 'Special individual' McFadden set to hit 100 capspublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    While Tanya Oxtoby gets ready for her first home match as manager on Tuesday, Seaview will get ready to celebrate one of Northern Ireland's greats.

    Defender Sarah McFadden is set to win her 100th international cap when Northern Ireland take on Albania in the Women's Nations League on Tuesday.

    McFadden's journey has mirrored that of Northern Ireland, whose women's team was reformed in 2004 and a rollercoaster path cumulated in qualification for the Euro 2022 finals last summer.

    Read more here

    Media caption,

    'I've got to hold her back sometimes' - Oxtoby

  4. YELLOW CARDpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Laura Kovacs receives the first yellow card of the game.

  5. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 18:43 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Denise O'Sullivan passes to Heather Payne who travels to the edge of the box before firing a strong strike towards goal which Reka Szocs palms over, with the shot crashing off the crossbar on its route out.

    Good chance for the visitors!

  6. Team news - McFadden wins 100th cappublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    Andy Gray
    BBC Sport NI at Seaview

    Tanya Oxtoby said she would make changes to assess her squad and she's certainly done that ahead of her first home match as manager with six changes from the team that lost in Dublin.

    Sarah McFadden will hit her century of caps while Lauren Wade wins her 50th cap and is joined by Rebecca McKenna, Nadene Cadlwell, Megan Bell, Chloe McCarron and Kirsty McGuinness in coming into the side.

    Rachel Furness and Marissa Callaghan drop out of the team while Abbie Magee, Joely Andrews, Emily Wilson and Caragh Hamilton also make way.

    With Furness and Callaghan on the bench, McFadden takes the captain's armband for a momentous night.

    Northern Ireland: Turner, McKenna, McFadden, Holloway, Vance, Caldwell, Bell, McCarron, Wade, K McGuiness, Magill.

    Subs: Woods, Norney, Magee, Mason, Rafferty, Callaghan, Furness, Andrews, Wilson, Hamilton, C McGuinness, Beattie.

    Albania: Rexhepi, Gijini, Gjergi, Curraj, Maliqi, Berisha, Doci, Hila, Tukaj, Maksuti, Bashka.

    Subs: Hyska, Spaho, Toma, Iliadhi, Troka, Coka, Fucia, Metalla.

    Northern Ireland teamImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Heather Payne delivers a well timed pass into the box but Lucy Quinn can't connect with the ball.

  8. NI will look to build on positives from Republic defeatpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    Northern Ireland manager Tanya Oxtoby says her team will look to build on the positives of Saturday's defeat by the Republic of Ireland ahead of Tuesday's Women's Nations League match at home to Albania.

    Media caption,

    NI to build on positives from Republic defeat - NI women's manager Tanya Oxtoby

  9. Postpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Laura Palakovics finds space just outside the box and fires a strike towards goal which makes Courtney Brosnan produce her first save of the evening, albeit an easy one.

    It's been a quiet opening five minutes.

  10. Home advantagepublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    Andy Gray
    BBC Sport NI at Seaview

    It was so wet earlier in Belfast that even the ducks were staying inside.

    Thankfully, it has cleared up now and it's a crisp and clear evening at Seaview for Tanya Oxtoby's first home match as manager.

    After losing to the Republic on Saturday, this match has suddenly become a must-win to keep hopes of automatic promotion to the top tier alive.

    Northern Ireland will be favourites against Albania, especially with home advantage, so Oxtoby will be keen her players build on the positives from Saturday and get their first win under their new manager.

    Both teams arrived late at Seaview thanks to heavy traffic in Belfast (the joys of having an early kick-off) but we're still set to get going at 7pm as planned.

    Northern Ireland at Seaview
  11. KICK-OFFpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary 0-0 Republic of Ireland

    Kyra Carusa gets the action underway at the Hidegkuti Nandor Stadium!

  12. NI v Albania live on from 6:45pmpublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    BBC iPlayer

    As well as the live text commentary of all the action in Budapest, don't forget you can watch a live stream of Northern Ireland's game with Albania on BBC iPlayer or simply by clicking the top of this page.

    Coverage from Seaview will start at 18:45 BST with Northern Ireland U19 manager Gail Redmond joining Thomas Kane on commentary.

  13. Postpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary v Republic of Ireland(18:30 BST)

    Not long to go until kick-off in Budapest with the national anthems underway.

    Can the Republic of Ireland boost their hopes of promotion from League B by being the victors this evening?

  14. How things standpublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Here is how things stand after the first round of matches in Group B1.

    Group B1 standings
  15. Watch: Republic win opening Nations League match against NIpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary v Republic of Ireland (18:30 BST); Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    Goals from Lucy Quinn, Kyra Carusa and Lily Agg helped the Republic of Ireland to a 3-0 win over Northern Ireland in their opening Women's Nations League tie in Dublin on Saturday.

    Media caption,

    Watch: Republic of Ireland 3-0 Northern Ireland highlights

  16. Team newspublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary v Republic of Ireland (18:30 BST)

    The home side make four switches to the line-up who began against Albania on Saturday with Bolglarka Vida, Fanni Nagy, Loretta Nemeth and Emoke Papai being replaced by Laura Kovacs, Lilla Turanyi, Laura Palakovics and Dora Sule.

    Eileen Gleeson makes just the one change to the starting XI who were the comfortable victors against Northern Ireland with Lily Agg replacing Megan Connolly, who drops to the bench.

    Hungary: Szocs, Kovacs, Papp, Turanyi, H Nemeth, Palakovics, Fenyvesi, Zeller, V Szabo, Sule, Kajan.

    Subs: Pongracz, Terestyenyi, Csanyi, Oreg, Savanya, V Nagy, Papai, Nemeth, Vachter, Vida, Siber, Nagy.

    Republic of Ireland: Brosnan, Quinn, Hayes, Caldwell, Toland, O'Sullivan, McCabe, Agg, Payne, Lu Quinn, Carusa.

    Subs: Moloney, Walsh, O'Riordan, Mustaki, Barrett, Nolan, Finn, Larkin, Noonan, Whelan, Atkinson.

    Republic of Ireland interim head coach Eileen GleesonImage source, Inpho
    Image caption,

    Republic of Ireland interim head coach Eileen Gleeson

  17. Whoops!published at 18:18 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary v Republic of Ireland (18:30 BST)

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  18. Home advantage gives Hungary 'extra edge' - Gleesonpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary v Republic of Ireland (18:30 BST)

    Republic of Ireland interim manager Eileen Gleeson says her full focus is on Hungary after a historic win over Northern Ireland in the Nations League.

    Lucy Quinn, Kyra Carusa and Lily Agg needed for the Republic in what was their first game at the Aviva Stadium.

    Gleeson's side now travel to Hungary for their second match in League B2.

    "Hungary will be a difficult opponent and playing at home gives them an extra edge," said Gleeson, who is in charge following Vera Pauw's exit as manager.

    Read more of what Gleeson had to say before the game here.

    Republic of Ireland interim manager Eileen GleesonImage source, Inpho
    Image caption,

    Eileen Gleeson is taking charge of the Republic of Ireland team for her second game as interim manager

  19. Two for onepublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 26 September 2023

    Hungary v Republic of Ireland (18:30 BST); Northern Ireland v Albania (19:00 BST)

    Good evening folks!

    We've two international matches for the price of one this evening as the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are both in Women's Nations League action this evening.

    The Republic of Ireland will look to make it back-to-back wins to kick off the inaugural Nations League as they travel to Budapest to take on Hungary.

    We'll have live updates once that game kicks off at 18:30 BST.

    Not far behind, Northern Ireland are in action as Tanya Oxtoby's side look to bounce back from their defeat in Dublin on Saturday when they host Albania.

    We'll have a live stream of the game in Belfast as Oxtoby looks to get three points in her first home match as manager. Kick-off at Seaview is at 19:00 BST.

    Simone Magill tackles Denise O'SullivanImage source, Inpho