Heimir Hallgrimsson has made three changes to his Republic of Ireland team for tonight's UEFA Nations League match against Austria at Aviva Stadium.
Finn Azaz, Liam Scales and John Egan come into the team, while Jayson Molumby, Jake O’Brien and Liam Kitching drop out of the XI that started the 3-0 victory over Israel in Debrecen, Hungary on Sunday.
Rather than the left wing-back role that Scales played in the 1-0 defeat in Kosovo last week, he replaces Kitching on the left-side of the back three.
Egan will be part of that central defensive trio alongside captain Dara O’Shea.
Meanwhile, Azaz will take on a deeper role alongside Conor Coventry, who makes a second start in a row.
The in-form Jack Moylan also keeps his place after providing a goal and assist in Debrecen, playing off Troy Parrott and Adam Idah who were also on the scoresheet that night.
"First of all we were never going to play the same team four games in a row in 12 days," Heimir Hallgrimsson told RTÉ soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue of the changes.
"(Azaz) is going to play as a six with Conor Coventry, so that's one of the reasons why we put him there."
For the second match in a row, Austria manager Ralf Rangnick has made six changes with goalkeeper Florian Wiegele, defenders Stefan Posch, Philipp Lienhart and Phillipp Mwene, as well as Carney Chukwuemeka and Sasa Kalajdzic coming into the team from the side that beat Kosovo 3-1 on Sunday.
Republic of Ireland: Caoimhin Kelleher; James Abankwah, Dara O'Shea (c), John Egan, Liam Scales, Ryan Manning; Conor Coventry, Finn Azaz; Jack Moylan, Troy Parrott, Adam Idah.
Austria: Florian Wiegele; Stefan Posch, David Affengruber, Philipp Lienhart, Phillipp Mwene; Nicolas Seiwald, Xaver Schlager (c); Patrick Wimmer, Carney Chukwuemeka, Romano Schmid; Sasa Kalajdzic.
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
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