Republic of Ireland will be looking for their first win of the UEFA Nations League campaign against Greece on Tuesday, September 10 at the Aviva Stadium. 

Ireland suffered a 2-0 defeat against England at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday in the first game of the UEFA Nations League with Heimir Hallgrímsson's side eager to bounce back straight away with tomorrow's visit of Greece. 

Greece return to the Aviva Stadium for the first time since last year when they were 2-0 winners in October during the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying campaign. 

Match Details

Fixture: Republic of Ireland v Greece
Competition: UEFA Nations League
Date: Tuesday, September 10
Time: 7.45pm
Location: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
TV: RTE
Tickets: Available here

Match Officials

Referee: Espen Eskås (NOR)
Assistant 1: Jan Erik Engan (NOR)
Assistant 2: Isaak Elias Bashevkin (NOR)
Fourth Official: Mohammad Usman Aslam (NOR)
Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Higler (NED)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Erwin Blank (NED)

Team News

Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman has returned to his club following an injury sustained in the second-half against England on Saturday so Festy Ebosele has been called into the squad for the Greece match tomorrow night. 

MD-1 Press Conference v Greece

Assistant Head Coach John O'Shea said: “That's the ups and downs of it, how competitive international football is.

“The beauty of having a game a few days later gives everyone the chance to bounce back as quickly as possible and improve performances and improve everything about the performance,” he said

“That's the key bit for us, if you improve the performance levels hopefully that will eventually bring consistent results in our favour. Make sure we are hard to beat and then we go win some matches on the back of that.”

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher said: “I had a few saves to make and stuff and thankfully I was able to help the team.

“Obviously personally for me, it's not about that, it's about the team and getting the right result for the country.

“Yeah, I was personally happy with my own performance but I think we definitely need to improve as a team and it's a big game on Tuesday.”

Match Facts - Republic of Ireland v Greece

- Republic of Ireland have never beaten Greece in five previous attempts (D1 L4), the only European nation the Boys in Green have come up against more than twice without ever tasting victory.
- Greece have won all three of their previous away games against the Republic of Ireland without conceding, most recently in October 2023 in a European Championship qualifier (2-0).
- Republic of Ireland lost against England last time out in their first match under Heimir Hallgrímsson. The only manager to lose both of his first two matches in charge of the country is Mick McCarthy in March-April 1996.
- Greece have won four of their last five away games in in the UEFA Nations League but did lose their most recent such match, 0-1 in Cyprus in September 2022. 
- Greece have only lost one of their last seven competitive internationals (W4 D2), with that lone defeat coming against the Netherlands in October 2023 (0-1). Three of Greece’s four victories in this run have been achieved by at least a three-goal margin: 5-0 v Gibraltar, 5-0 v Kazakhstan and 3-0 v Finland.
- Republic of Ireland have lost each of their last three competitive home games, with the second of those coming against Greece (0-2 in October 2023). They’ve never previously lost four competitive home matches in a row.
- Fotis Ioannidis scored two of Greece’s three goals against Finland last time out, registering the first brace of his international career. Indeed, the 24-year-old has now netted four goals across his previous five appearances for his country.
- No Republic of Ireland player has been directly involved in more goals than Robbie Brady in the UEFA Nations League (3 – one goal, two assists), while he’s also created the most chances (20) and completed the most crosses (21) in the competition for the Boys in Green.

Republic of Ireland Squad - Greece

Goalkeepers: Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Mark Travers (AFC Bournemouth), Max O'Leary (Bristol City). 
Defenders: Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Festy Ebosele (Watford, on loan from Udinese), Dara O'Shea (Ipswich Town), Nathan Collins (Brentford), Jake O'Brien (Everton), Andrew Omobamidele (Nottingham Forest), Liam Scales (Celtic), Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff City), Robbie Brady (Preston North End).
Midfielders: Will Smallbone (Southampton), Jayson Molumby (West Bromwich Albion), Alan Browne (Sunderland), Jason Knight (Bristol City), Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
Attackers: Adam Idah (Celtic), Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion), Sammie Szmodics (Ipswich Town), Chiedozie Ogbene (Ipswich Town), Callum Robinson (Cardiff City), Troy Parrott (AZ Alkmaar).