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Venue: Aviva Stadium
Team news
Ireland: Richard Dunne and Darron Gibson were declared unfit to play earlier in the week. Stephen Kelly and Keiren Westwood have withdrawn from the squad after suffering from thigh and wrist problems respectively. There was concern over the fitness of Kevin Doyle and Keith Fahey, who both missed training on Monday, but both are expected to feature. Sunderland midfielder James McClean is expected to play some part in the match and Giovanni Trapattoni may also hand a debut to centre-back Shane Duffy.
Czech Republic: Tomas Rosicky will miss the match after he suffered a back strain in the north London derby against Tottenham. Influential defender Roman Hubnik has also been ruled out with a foot injury. Michal Bilek has called up Jiri Strajner and David Limbersky as replacements.
Probable team line-ups
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Given (Aston Villa); O’Shea (Sunderland), St Ledger (Leicester City), O’Dea (Leeds Utd), Ward (Wolves); Duff (Fulham), Andrews (West Brom), Whelan (Stoke City), McGeady (Spartak Moscow); Keane (LA Galaxy); Long (West Brom).
CZECH REPUBLIC: Cech (Chelsea); Gebreselassie (Slovan Liberec), Sivok (Besiktas), Kadlec (Bayer Leverkusen), Limbersky (Viktoria Plzen); Jiracek (Wolfsburg), Plasil (Bordeaux); Petrzela (Viktora Plzen), Stajner (Slovan Liberec), Rezek (Anorthosis Famagusta); Baros (Galatasaray).
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