Qatar: Al-Sheeb, Ro-Ro, Salman, Khoukhi, Abdelkarim Hassan, Al-Rawi, Boudiaf, Al-Haydos, Hatem, Muntari, Ali.
Subs: Abunada, Waad, Alaaeldin, Fatehi, Youssef, Kheder, Al-Hajri, Suhail, Ahmed, Al-Ahrak, Madibo, Yousef Hassan.
Republic of Ireland: Bazunu, Coleman, O’Shea, Duffy, Christie, Molumby, Brady, McClean, Hendrick, Shane Long, Horgan.
Subs: Travers, Manning, Clark, Knight, Browne, Collins, Robinson, Curtis, Cullen, Parrott, Lenihan, O’Hara.
Referee: Balazs Berke (Hungary).
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Wales: Ward, Mepham, Jamie Lawrence, Rodon, Connor Roberts, Wilson, Ampadu, Morrell, Neco Williams, James, Bale.
Subs: Levitt, Johnson, Sheehan, Tom Lawrence, Moore, Norrington-Davies, Cabango, Hennessey, Jonathan Williams, Adam Davies, Gunter.
Czech Republic: Vaclik, Coufal, Celustka, Kudela, Boril, Holes, Soucek, Provod, Darida, Jankto, Schick.
Subs: Pekhart, Vydra, Zima, Mandous, Pesek, Masopust, Krmencik, Pavelka, Barak, Stronati, Pavlenka, Kaderabek.
Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania).
FULL TIME: Cyprus 1-0 Slovenia. The other early kick-off was settled by a 42nd-minute goal from Ioannis Pittas. That’s put the Cypriots second in Group H behind leaders Russia, though it’ll be all change later once the Croatia-Malta and Slovakia-Russia matches are over.
FULL TIME: Azerbaijan 1-2 Serbia. Aleksandar Mitrovic, who put Ireland to the sword last week, was Serbia’s hero yet again in Group A. He whistled a low drive into the bottom-right corner on 81 minutes to settle a tight match. Serbia go three points clear of second-placed Portugal, who play Luxembourg this evening.
As well as the World Cup qualifiers, we’ll be keeping one eye on the Republic of Ireland, who are taking on World Cup hosts Qatar in a Debrecen friendly. Stephen Kenny makes eight changes to the side humiliated by Luxembourg at the weekend, with only keeper Gavin Bazunu and defenders Seamus Coleman and Dara O’Shea surviving the cull. Shane Duffy, who hasn’t played a minute since losing his place at Celtic in February, starts along with with Cyrus Christie, Jeff Hendrick, Jayson Molumby, James McClean, Robbie Brady, Daryl Horgan and Shane Long. Ciaran Clark, Enda Stevens, Matt Doherty, Jason Knight, Josh Cullen, Alan Browne, James Collins and Callum Robinson make way.
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Wales make one change to the side named for the opener in Belgium. Joe Morrell replaces Joe Allen, just as he did after a few minutes in Leuven last week. The Czechs recall captain Vladimir Darida and striker Patrik Schick after their 1-1 draw with Belgium on Saturday.
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It’s a big one for Wales tonight. Having lost their opening Group E qualifier against top seeds Belgium, they really can’t let the Czech Republic out of their sights. The Czechs have already hit Estonia for six, and drawn with the Belgians, so if they take anything away from Cardiff this evening, Wales will be playing catch-up early doors.
Other fixtures are available, hence this Clocko. Here’s the card ...
- A: Azerbaijan v Serbia; Luxembourg v Portugal
- E: Wales v Czech Republic; Belgium v Belarus
- G: Gibraltar v Netherlands; Montenegro v Norway; Turkey v Latvia
- H: Cyprus v Slovenia; Croatia v Malta; Slovakia v Russia
All of the ties kick off at 7.45pm BST, with the exception of the matches in Azerbaijan and Cyprus. They began at 5pm BST, so you’ll be getting some hot full-time action before you know it. It’s all on!
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