How home nations are shaping up in Euro 2025 qualifying

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England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales tin each still suffice for Euro 2025 successful Switzerland

Jonty Colman

BBC Sport journalist

Holders England boosted their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2025 aft a 2-1 triumph complete France successful Saint-Etienne connected Tuesday.

First half goals from Georgia Stanway and Alessia Russo earned nan Lionesses 3 points and salvaged their hopes of a top-two decorativeness successful Group A3, which would suffice them automatically for adjacent year's Euros without having to spell done nan play-offs.

Elsewhere, Scotland were 5-0 winners distant astatine Israel, while Wales and Northern Ireland were incapable to return triumph successful their meetings pinch Ukraine and Portugal respectively.

Here is simply a look astatine really nan location nations presently beryllium successful their qualifying groups and what they request to suffice for Euro 2025, either straight aliases via nan play-offs.

Group A3 - England

After a disappointing 2-1 nonaccomplishment to France connected Friday nighttime astatine St James' Park, England sewage their revenge to grounds their first triumph successful France since 1973.

While 3 points against nan Group A3 leaders boosts their hopes of qualifying automatically for Euro 2025, it does not alteration their convention standings arsenic they stay 3rd successful nan array down Sweden connected extremity difference, 2 points from nan top.

For teams successful League A, a apical 2 decorativeness guarantees nonstop qualification into Euro 2025, while finishing 3rd aliases 4th takes them into nan play-offs.

England will beryllium eyeing a triumph adjacent period complete bottommost of nan group Republic of Ireland, who now cannot decorativeness successful nan apical two, earlier heading to Sweden for their last group match.

In Sweden, a triumph would guarantee England qualification for Euro 2025 successful Switzerland, if they hit Ireland.

Meanwhile, a Sweden conclusion by France adjacent period could mean a tie is capable for England successful Sweden, should extremity quality move successful their favour earlier nan last matchday.

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The apical 2 teams successful Group A3 will automatically suffice for Euro 2025

Group B2 - Scotland

A 5-0 triumph for Scotland complete Israel connected Tuesday keeps them astatine nan apical of nan B2 table.

League B teams that decorativeness successful nan apical 3 of their groups are guaranteed to suffice for nan play-offs, while 4th does still person a chance of making nan play-offs.

Sitting apical of nan group connected 10 points pinch 2 games to spare and up of Serbia connected extremity difference, Scotland are guaranteed to make nan play-offs, moreover if they suffer their last 2 group games successful July against Serbia and Slovakia.

As things stand, Scotland would besides beryllium advancing to nan play-offs arsenic a seeded team, giving them a much advantageous force successful nan first play-off round.

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Scotland are already guaranteed a play-off spot for Euro 2025 qualification aft a 5-0 triumph complete Israel

Group B3 - Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland missed nan chance to unafraid a spot successful nan play-offs aft suffering a 2-1 location conclusion by Portugal, contempt taking an early lead done Reading's Lauren Wade.

They beryllium 3rd successful nan B3 array pinch 2 matches remaining, conscionable 3 points clear of Malta.

But nan Northern Irish tin book themselves a play-off spot pinch triumph connected 12 July erstwhile they recreation to Malta earlier their last group lucifer against Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 days later.

Defeat against Portugal leaves nan Northern Irish's chances of being a seeded squad successful nan play-offs, should they qualify, little likely.

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A triumph for Northern Ireland complete Malta adjacent period will guarantee them a Euro 2025 qualification play-off spot

Group B4 - Wales

Wales dropped to 2nd successful nan B4 standings aft a 2-2 tie distant from location against Ukraine.

The Welsh had led 2-1 until an equaliser successful nan eighth infinitesimal of stoppage clip from Nicole Kozlova denied Wales victory.

But Kosovo's 2-0 conclusion by group leaders Croatia confirmed Wales person qualified for nan play-off places pinch 2 matches to spare.

A triumph complete bottommost of nan array Kosovo adjacent period would each but seal a seeded position for Wales successful nan play-offs.

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Wales person secured a Euro 2025 play-off qualification spot

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