Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe says tonight's game is "one you don't want to miss".

"It's a derby at the end of the day, isn't it? So for sure they're going to come at us," Arsenal's McCabe said.

Read more here.

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Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Windsor Park

Well, it certainly looks like Northern Ireland are going to go for it tonight in what should be a 4-3-3 formation.

Rebecca Holloway, who has largely featured at centre back for Tanya Oxtoby, is preferred at left back ahead of Demi Vance.

Nadene Caldwell and Caragh Hamilton will provide plenty of experience, and the youth of Danielle Maxwell and Joely Andrews, who started in Albania, will provide plenty of fresh legs and enthusiasm off the bench if called upon.

It's a shame Sinead Farrelly isn't available for the Republic of Ireland. She's a class act and would have likely started after an impressive cameo off the bench against Hungary.

Northern Ireland boss Tanya Oxtoby makes three changes from the team which defeated Albania 4-0 in Tirana.

Rebecca Halloway comes in for Demi Vance whilst the experienced duo Nadene Caldwell and Caragh Hamilton replace Joely Andrews and one of the goal scorers from Friday night, Danielle Maxwell.

Eileen Gleeson makes two alterations to the Republic team which beat Hungary 1-0 in Dublin on Friday.

Izzy Atkinson and Tyler Toland drop to the bench to be replaced by Lucy Quinn, who scored in the reverse fixture between these sides, and Jamie Finn.

Sinead Farrelly drops out of the squad all together after sustaining a knock when introduced as a substitute on Friday night.

Northern Ireland: Harvey-Clifford, McKenna, Rafferty, McFadden, Holloway, Caldwell, Callaghan, McCarron, Wade, Hamilton, Magill.

Subs: Turner, Norney, Mason, McLaren, Vance, Magee, Bell, Andrews, Maxwell, Halliday, Wilson, Beattie.

Republic of Ireland: Brosnan, Hayes, Connolly, L Quinn, Lu Quinn, Finn, McCabe, D O'Sullivan, Littlejohn, Payne, Carusa.

Subs: Moloney, Whitehouse, Stapleton, Mustaki, Caldwell, McLaughlin, H. Nolan, Atkinson, Toland, Larkin, Dolan, Agg.

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Tanya Oxtoby's first match as Northern Ireland manager ended in a 3-0 defeat by the Republic of Ireland when these two sides last met in Dublin in September.

In the inaugural Women's Nations League game between the sides at the Aviva Stadium, Lucy Quinn fired home a deflected opener on 30 minutes to break the deadlock.

Kyra Carusa netted a second on 71 minutes after a mix-up between Rebecca Holloway and goalkeeper Shannon Turner.

Substitute Lily Agg headed home a third with five minutes to play.

The Republic of Ireland, who come into this game off the back of a 1-0 victory over Hungary in Dublin, have already been promoted to League A of the Women's Nations League having won their five group games so far.

Northern Ireland beat Albania 4-0 on Friday night and another victory in Belfast for Tanya Oxtoby's side would guarantee second place and a play-off for promotion to League A.

A draw may be enough, but it would depend on Hungary's result at home to Albania.

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Windsor Park is primed and ready to host the Northern Ireland women's team for only the third time in their history.

Their first game in south Belfast was an empathic 4-0 win against Latvia in 2021 whilst last time out they were beaten 5-0 by England in 2022.

A famous victory this evening would be be the most memorable of them all.

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Northern Ireland manager Tanya Oxtoby and Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe spoke to the media ahead of evening's game.

"I know how good this group can be and I want them to reach their potential," said Oxtoby.

"We are playing at Windsor Park and hopefully a lot of people will come and watch. It's going to be a massive game but we're under no illusions, it won't be an easy game," said McCabe.

Read more from the two in Andy Gray's preview of the game here.

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Andy Gray
BBC Sport NI at Windsor Park

It's fitting that this campaign started with the Republic of Ireland against Northern Ireland, and now the reverse fixture will bring things to a close.

It's also a good chance to see exactly how far both teams have progressed from that opening day in Dublin.

The Republic have dominated the group but were heavily tested last time out against Hungary, while Northern Ireland still have plenty to play for in an up and down first campaign under Tanya Oxtoby.

Not that they needed any extra motivation, but the derby feel should add some extra spice, too.

Good evening and welcome to our coverage of the Women's Nations League game between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The game is live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Two NI from 17:45 GMT.

Northern Ireland are still in the hunt for a play-off spot to earn promotion to League A and a win tonight at Windsor Park will secure their play-off berth.

The Republic of Ireland meanwhile, are top of the table and have already sealed promotion to League A following five wins from their five games. They will aim to end Eileen Gleeson's interim spell in charge on a high as they aim for a sixth successive victory.

There are over 8,000 expected for the derby game at Windsor Park tonight, it should be a cracker.

Thanks for joining us for live text commentary, enjoy!

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