England vs Montenegro: What do Gareth Southgate's side need to qualify for Euro 2020?
England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland will learn Euros fate
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Your support makes all the difference.England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will all learn whether they will qualify automatically for next summer’s European Championship this month.
Scotland have already failed to qualify for the tournament directly but will take part in the play-offs.
The draw for the play-offs will take place on 22 November, with the semi-finals and finals to be played next March.
As it stands, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will all be involved in the play-offs unless they can turn their fortunes around.
The Euro 2020 group stage draw will be held on 30 November in Bucharest, with four spots left open for play-off winners.
England
14/11 Montenegro (H)
17/11 Kosovo (A)
England require only a point from their final two Group A games in order to qualify automatically for Euro 2020.
Gareth Southgate’s side welcome Montenegro to Wembley before their final qualifier in Kosovo on Sunday.
England will progress to the finals directly even if they lose to eliminated Montenegro, so long as the Czech Republic and Kosovo do not draw in Plzen on Thursday night.
Scotland
16/11 Cyprus (A)
19/11 Kazakhstan (H)
Scotland’s hopes of qualifying automatically ended with a 4-0 thrashing against Russia in Moscow last month.
But Steve Clarke’s side are guaranteed a play-off place after winning their Nations League group last year.
Scotland will play in play-off Path C. As it stands, they are likely to come up against Norway, Serbia and one of Bulgaria or Israel.
Wales
16/11 Azerbaijan (A)
19/11 Hungary (H)
Wales must win both of their remaining games - away to Azerbaijan, home to Hungary - and hope Slovakia drop points in order to qualify automatically.
Defeat in Azerbaijan on Saturday would end Ryan Giggs’ hopes of reaching next summer’s finals automatically.
Wales are not assured of a play-off place but are likely to be involved if they fail to finish in Group E’s top two.
Northern Ireland
16/11 Netherlands (H)
19/11 Germany (A)
Northern Ireland are likely to need wins both at home to the Netherlands and away in Germany in order to qualify automatically.
Even if they do pull off a remarkable double, Michael O’Neill’s side will need one of their two rivals to drop points in another game in order to take full advantage.
Like Wales, Northern Ireland are not assured of a play-off place but will receive one as it stands.
Republic of Ireland
18/11 Denmark (H)
Republic of Ireland sit top of Group D yet must win their final qualifier against Denmark next Tuesday in order to have a chance of progressing automatically.
Mick McCarthy’s side are currently ahead of Denmark on head-to-head record, but the Danes are likely to only need a point in Dublin to qualify.
Again, the Republic of Ireland are not guaranteed a play-off place but will receive one as it stands.
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