Key events

Full time: England 5-0 Greece (agg: 8-1)

England are one step away from the World Cup after a comfortable win over Greece. Alessia Russo and Lauren James scored two apiece, with Georgia Stanway grabbing the other goal to continue her outstanding recent form.

Next up: Ukraine in a two-legged tie in November and December. The winners of that will be off to Brazil next summer.

90 min Three minutes of added time.

88 min The match – and tie – are petering out. The dates for England’s decisive playoff against Ukraine haven’t been confirmed – I think the first leg is in November with the second in December.

86 min Walsh miscontrols the ball, then fouls Drakogiannaki and is booked.

85 min “We want six!” chant the home crowd. I’d say there’s a fair chance they will get what they want.

81 min Godfrey is put through on goal in the inside-left channel. She shapes a shot towards the far corner but it’s slightly telegraphed and Katergiannaki makes a fine diving save.

81 min: Greece substitution Eleni Saich limps off to be replaced by Panagiota Argyriou. That was a bad tackle from Stanway, even it it was (almost certainly) accidental.

79 min It’s not news, but Alessia Russo is so good. Both her goals tonight have been scored with the relaxed certainty of the superior footballer.

77 min A really poor tackle from Stanway, who catches Saich on the achilles with her studs. I assume it was accidental but she could have been sent off for that. She certainly should have been booked.

GOAL! England 5-0 Greece (agg: 8-1; Russo 75)

Another expert finish from Maidstone’s finest. Russo adjusted her feet superbly to receive Walsh’s angled pass, touch it beyond the defence and run through on goal. Katergiannaki came out but Russo was unfazed and strolled round her to score. Lovely finish.

Alessia Russo (left) gets past Greece goalkeeper Styliani Katergiannaki (right) and slots the ball home for her second goal and England’s fifth. Photograph: Bradley Collyer/PA

Russo celebrates. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

72 min: England substitution Liverpool’s Grace Fisk wins her second cap, replacing Leah Williamson in defence.

70 min: Greece substitution Georgia Chalatsogianni replaces Veatriki Sarri.

69 min Mead tees up Stanway, whose shot is blocked, and Walsh blooters the rebound into orbit. England are almost trying too hard to score a fifth goal.

66 min Greenwood fires a training-ground corner into Park on the edge of the area. Her shot is blocked and Stanway – on a hat-trick – leathers the loose ball just wide.

63 min I forgot to say that Freya Godfrey is making her England debut. We take this stuff for granted, but imagine making your debut your country.

61 min Scotland now lead Czechia 3-2 on the night, 5-2 on aggregate. They are heading for a playoff decider with Sweden, who sneaked past Lithuania 15-0 on aggregate.

Christy Grimshaw (left) celebrates scoring Scotland’s third goal of the game. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

59 min: Triple substitution for England Freya Godfrey, Jess Park and Niamh Charles replace Lexi Potter, Maya Le Tissier and the magnificent Lauren Hemp.

57 min Stanway’s cross-shot is kicked away by Katergiannaki, who then hoofs an attmpted clearance against the onrushing Walsh (I think). The ball ricochets behind for a goalkick.

53 min Mead, on the left, drives a flat cross that is headed up and over the bar by Hemp. A nice effort from Hemp, which took the keeper out of the game, but she got a bit too much on it.

NO GOAL! England 4-0 Greece

Stanway was fractionally offside. Ach, that’s a shame, mainly because that first touch deserved a goal.

GOAL! England 5-0 Greece (agg: 8-1; Stanway 49)

Georgia Stanway gets her second of the night. She leapt to control Greenwood’s clipped ball over the top – her right foot was almost at shoulder height – before finishing emphatically. The agility and technique of her first touch were so good. But there’s a check for offside so the goal could be ruled out.

England's Georgia Stanway fires the ball into the net before the goal is disallowed. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

49 min Mead misses a good chance, heading a cross from the right well wide of the far post. No matter, because…

47 min A long-range shot from Russo bounces awkwardly and is well held by Katergiannaki.

46 min Greece also made a triple substitution at the break: Marianna Rapani, Stamatia Ntarzanou and Eleftheria Drakogiannaki are on for Brame, Paterna and Moraitou.

46 min No hat-trick for Lauren James: she’s been replaced at half-time by Beth Mead.

Half-time verdict

That was a notable improvement from Sarina Wiegman’s team compared to Friday’s display. Nobody should get too carried away, because of the level of opposition, but there is a bit more zip, confidence and panache about the European champions’ play tonight, and Wiegman looks satisfied as she walks down the tunnel. The Potter-Walsh midfield base is working nicely and it is interesting seeing Georgia Stanway higher up the pitch.

I am at the King Power and it is quite clear the tie is done and dusted, meaning the main source of excitement in the stadium at the moment is that they are advertising pints of lager for £6.90, and then charging £7.20 for it when you purchase it.

Half-time reading

Half time: England 4-0 Greece (agg: 7-1)

Sarina Wiegman wanted England to be more ruthless, and they obliged in the first half at the King Power Stadium. Alessia Russo finished clinically in the third minute, Lauren James scored a trademark belter and added her second after Georgia Stanway’s obligatory goal had made it 3-0.

England could have scored more – Maya Le Tissier cleared the bar from two yards – but you’d imagine Wiegman is happy enough with four.

45+3 min Yep, the on-field decision has been upheld by VAR.

45+2 min: Potter has a goal disallowed A debut goal from Lexi Potter is ruled out for a foul by Stanway earlier in the move. The referee allowed play to continue so that VAR could check the potential foul, but I can’t see this being overturned.

After only 22 minutes, the home crowd broke out their first Mexican wave. Now, after just 39 minutes, they’re waving their phone lights in the air. It’s 4-0... As Russell Crowe might ask, are they not entertained?

42 min Stanway’s shot on the run is kept out at the near post by Katergiannaki. Good save. But England look like scoring almost every time they go forward.