England have won their last two matches against Ireland, beating them 3-0 in November 2020 and 2-0 in September this year. They have never won three times in a row against Ireland before.

The Republic of Ireland won their first away match against England in September 1949 at Goodison Park; since then, all seven of England’s matches have been played at Wembley and they have won none (D3 L4).

England are unbeaten in their last 41 games in all competitions and have scored the opening goal (W38 D3) since losing 2-1 to the Czech Republic in October 2019 in a UEFA European Championship qualifier.

England have lost three of their last five matches at Wembley (W1 D1), as many as in their previous 50 combined (W39 D8 L3). It is only the third time the Three Lions have lost three games at the national stadium in one year, along with 1977 and 1981, but have never lost four games in one year.

Ireland have won two of their last three UEFA Nations League matches (L1), as many as they had won in their first eighteen matches in the competition combined (W2 D6 L10).

Curtis Jones scored on his England debut against Greece in the final UEFA Nations League match – the last player to score in his first two England caps was Rickie Lambert in 2013, while the last Liverpool player to do so was Roger Hunt in 1962/ 63.

20-year-old Evan Ferguson has scored four goals in 17 caps for the Republic of Ireland. The only Irish players to score more goals before turning 21 are Robbie Keane (7) and David Connolly (6).

Jude Bellingham’s 39 international matches were all for non-British clubs (24 for Borussia Dortmund, 15 for Real Madrid). He is now level with Owen Hargreaves for England caps won while playing for non-British teams, with only David Beckham winning more (55).