The tally men and women will be busy though; Ireland should go close to matching the record haul of 11 goals achieved against the same opponents here three years ago.
A six-goal buffer, eventually achieved after a laboured opening half, ensures this evening’s Euro 2025 qualifying semi-final second leg will be a veritable stroll for the home side.
The 11-goal romp in 2021 occurred en route to Ireland’s maiden major tournament; this year’s ultimate prize is to swiftly follow that historic achievement with another first at the European Championships in Switzerland.
No surprise then that many eyes will be focused on events in Cardiff this evening, where Wales seek to overcome a 2-1 deficit against a gritty Slovakian side.
None from Ireland, though; they are content to watch from afar.
“We watched it,” says manager Eileen Gleeson. “I always knew it was going to be tight. Wales have a similar profile to us. Slovakia have always been difficult to beat, they are physical and strong. And they have significantly improved.
“We played them in the previous campaign, a draw and a win. Difficult. At that time Sweden beat them 1-0 too. I always thought it was going to be a battle and that’s what it is. So it will be interesting to see how that goes.”
Ireland have a more recent memory against Wales, if not a very pleasing one, one of the poorest performances delivered under Gleeson when her subdued side barely laid a glove on the Welsh in a Tallaght friendly earlier this year.
If anything, bouncing buoyantly into a potential final, regardless of the prospective opponents, might provide the Irish with a greater sense of assurance, presuming they once more embark upon a turkey shoot against the minnows this evening.
“I am not looking at the other two teams, to be quite honest,” demurs captain Katie McCabe, whose switch to a more advanced, central position energised her side last Friday.
“I have been focused on Georgia since the start of this camp and I am only looking at Georgia.
“As long as we are consistently doing the right things, consistently showing good structure in how we score goals, that gives me confidence into what may be the next round of the play-offs.”
Both captain and coach alluded once more to the first-half difficulties last weekend, an ugly stop-start affair not helped by a flurry of fouls.
Tyler Toland’s possible, and wholly understandable, removal from the side hints at the only potential peril this evening, coloured yellow, as a second booking would rule her out from the first leg of the final.
The return of referee Katalin Kulcsar will revive memories of her outing in the Aviva, which so angered a Swedish side that coasted to a 3-0 Nations League win earlier this year.
Aside from not carding a two-footed lunge from Lily Agg in the opening minutes, the referee, who booked five Swedes compared to one Irish player, missed a blatant first-half penalty when Jess Ziu hacked down Filippa Angeldal.
“It was difficult to communicate with her,” Angeldahl told us afterwards. “She didn’t even want to talk to ‘Kosse’ [Kosovare Asllani], who is the team captain. We get five really cheap cards. What to say? It’s just nice that it wasn’t decisive.”
Ireland will be wary of any mis-steps akin to the early Tbilisi tottering.
“It was a frustrating first half for sure, the Georgian team going down and trying to pick up free-kicks,” said McCabe, who twice alerted the referee to the matter, although Ireland were guilty of silly transgressions during rare Georgian sorties.
“It’s up to us to stay in control, stay level-headed going into tackles. We have to be mindful of that if we want to progress on to next month.”
Manchester City’s Tara O’Hanlon, tipped by many acute observers to be a long-serving international of repute, was an interesting attendee at training yesterday as she counts down to a return to fitness.
Gleeson will also be minded to give others a chance later in the game tonight, with a possible debut for Cork’s Eva Mangan, who has interested Liverpool this year, and Ellen Molloy, once of Wexford and now shining at Sheffield United in the Championship.
Jess Stapleton is currently in that second tier – albeit on a second loan spell from top-flight West Ham – and nabbed her first international goal last Friday.
“Confidence is really underpinned by competence,” notes Gleeson. Not only referring to her player, but her team.
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