Republic of Ireland vs Austria - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to widen their agelong unbeaten streak connected location turf, the Republic of Ireland volition invited Austria to Dublin connected Thursday evening. 

After some won their 2nd UEFA Nations League crippled past weekend, they proceed their League B Group 3 run with a clash astatine the Aviva Stadium.

Match preview

Following weeks of speculation and scrutiny, Ireland yet took to the tract for their arguable gathering with Israel connected Sunday, aft immoderate uncertainty that the crippled would spell ahead. 

Overshadowed by protests backmost home, and amid wide appeals for a boycott, the players yet voted to proceed.

While Heimir Hallgrimsson's squad were officially visitors for the 2nd of 4 quickfire fixtures, the lucifer took spot successful neutral Hungary.

Few fans were contiguous for a stunning first-half show by the Boys successful Green, who struck 3 times without reply, with prima antheral Troy Parrott scoring his seventh extremity successful 5 competitory games.

Not lone did that get them disconnected the people successful Group 3 but it was besides a immense betterment connected an opening-day decision to Kosovo, successful which they managed conscionable a azygous changeable connected target.

Now, Hallgrimsson's broadside tin instrumentality to location turf, having won 5 and drawn 3 of their past 8 games astatine the Aviva Stadium; including a 2-0 triumph implicit Portugal successful World Cup qualifying, they person besides kept cleanable sheets successful each of the past four.

However, Ireland way their adjacent visitors by 32 places successful FIFA's satellite rankings, portion they person lone won 1 of the past 10 meetings.

Aside from that lone nonaccomplishment successful November 2016, Austria person won six and drawn the different three, truthful past suggests they should commencement favourites.

Present signifier leans the aforesaid way, arsenic Ralf Rangnick's men reached the knockout signifier astatine this year's World Cup and person since won some Nations League matches 3-1. 

During the erstwhile edition, lone 2 teams scored much goals astatine League B level, and they person surely continued on that aforesaid vein.

First, they dispatched 10-man Israel courtesy of 2 precocious strikes successful Linz, earlier cruising to a much comfy triumph connected Sunday: Austria led Kosovo 3-0 by the hr people successful Vienna and secured maximum points, which leaves them apical of the table.

Despite finishing 2nd successful their radical 2 years ago, Das Team were beaten by Serbia successful the playoffs and missed retired connected promotion, truthful they purpose to assertion archetypal spot this season.

As a result, they indispensable question 3 much points successful midweek, adjacent if Ireland's location signifier has substantially improved successful caller months. 

Republic of Ireland Nations League form:

Austria Nations League form:

Team News

Amid a slate of 4 competitory games successful the abstraction of 11 days, Ireland brag Hallgrimsson whitethorn marque changes to the starting XI that fared truthful good successful Debrecen.

With resources stretched by earlier withdrawals, Stoke City midfielder Bosun Lawal has been called into the squad aft recovering from a hamstring strain.

His accomplishment boosts numbers, with Jack Taylor, Mikey Johnston, Evan Ferguson, Jamie McGrath and Josh Cullen each injured; erstwhile skipper Seamus Coleman and existent skipper Nathan Collins are besides unavailable. 

Jack Moylan could diagnostic again, aft scoring his 4th extremity successful arsenic galore planetary appearances, portion it remains to beryllium seen if Parrott volition beryllium rested.

Like Coleman, Austria's longest-serving subordinate David Alaba was not selected - helium was besides without a nine earlier joining Udinese past week.

Another stalwart, Marcel Sabitzer is connected a interruption from nationalist squad duty, but cardinal antheral Konrad Laimer should present beryllium acceptable aft recovering from an adductor problem.

Paul Wanner and Nikolas Veratschnig picked up knocks against Kosovo and person returned to their respective clubs; Sunderland centre-back Kevin Danso indispensable service a suspension.

In the apt lack of Michael Gregoritsch, who led the enactment against Israel but came disconnected with an ankle injury, either Sasa Kalajdzic, Christoph Lang oregon Junior Adamu should commencement up front. 

Romano Schmid has already created six chances successful this Nations League campaign, and the Frosinone guardant is acceptable to nexus midfield and attack.

Republic of Ireland imaginable starting lineup:

Kelleher; Abankwah, Egan, O'Shea; O'Brien, Molumby, Knight, Manning; Ogbene, Moylan; Parrott

Austria imaginable starting lineup:

A. Schlager; Posch, Lienhart, Affengruber, Wober; Siewald, X. Schlager; Wimmer, Schmid, Wanner; Adamu

We say: Republic of Ireland 2-2 Austria

Although Austria are radical favourites for a reason, Ireland person strung unneurotic immoderate bully results connected location ungraded and are incrementally improving.

So, the hosts tin combat hard for a constituent that ends their visitors' cleanable commencement to Group 3 portion keeping themselves successful the premix for promotion.

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