Heather Payne and Irish team mates face Germany

Heather Payne and her team mates on the Irish Women's national team play Germany in the first of three remaining UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 qualifiers tomorrow..

Top of Group I following an unbeaten run of five games, Vera Pauw’s team now face their toughest challenge yet in a Germany team who have scored 31 goals in their four games.

ABOVE: Heather Payne. Photo: Eoin Noonan/Sportsfile.

Ireland will know what to expect from the eight-times European champions, who they will host again at home in December after visiting Ukraine next month.

The nine group winners and the three best runners-up (not counting results against the sixth-placed team) qualify directly for the final tournament, while the remaining six runners-up advance to the play-offs.

There are no injury concerns for the Republic of Ireland with a full squad to pick from.

Midfielder Megan Connolly comes into contention after missing the last three games, while Heather Payne and Leanne Kiernan who were forced out of the last camp in March due to injury also back.

Payne from Ballinasloe currently plays with Florida State University. She has eleven Irish caps.

The match takes place in the Stadion Essien and is televised on RTE2 with kick off at 1pm.