England will play two games in five days at same Spanish stadium after UEFA ruling

England's senior sides will play two games in five days at the same Spanish stadium following a decision from UEFA.

On Tuesday night, Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses take on Spain in the UEFA Women's Nations League - with a victory in their final game seeing them move past their opponents and take the top spot in Group C.

The game, a 6pm kick-off, takes place at the 40,000 capacity RCDE Stadium in Barcelona - home to La Liga side Espanyol.

But the venue will also play host to another fixture involving England mere days later, with Thomas Tuchel's men turning up for a World Cup qualifier with Andorra on Saturday.

England have played Andorra away from home before, winning 5-0 at the Estadi Nacional d'Andorra in October 2021 when Jack Grealish and Ben Chilwell scored their first international goals.

But on this occasion, the national stadium, which holds 3,306 fans, is not able to stage this match because it has recently been used for the Games of the Small States of Europe - which happened between 26 May and 31 May and features the likes of Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Malta.

A new stadium has been built in Encamp but according to the BBC, it was not done before a UEFA deadline and so was not passed fit.

England players attended the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of a game against Andorra. Image: Getty

UEFA also ruled that no other stadiums were available for the fixture and so Andorra will not play at their actual home until October when they play Serbia in Group K.

According to Espanyol, the RCDE Stadium was picked by the Andorran Football Federation "due to its modern facilities and organisational capacity".

England players have been based in Barcelona and many attended the recent Formula One Spanish Grand Prix as part of a team bonding exercise ahead of the training camp.

After spending time in Catalonia, England return home to St George's Park and will take on Senegal at the City Ground, home of Nottingham Forest.

The friendly fixture will be England's first senior international game on Trentside in 84 years and is expected to take place in front of a sell-out 30,000 capacity crowd.