Carla Ward’s side hold the upper hand in Leuven – The Irish Times

Nations League playoff, second leg: Belgium v Republic of Ireland, Den Dreef Stadium, 7.30pm Irish time

Evening everyone. Welcome along to The Irish Times live blog for the Republic of Ireland’s Nations League playoff second-leg meeting with Belgium.

Carla Ward & co are in Leuven for this evening’s game, which kicks off at 7.30pm Irish time.

Before that, we’ll be running through what’s at stake and what happened last time out. We should have our starting XIs shortly.