Georgia faces Ireland in Euro 2016 football qualifier tonight in Dublin

The UEFA European Football Championship trophy will be presented to the winning team after the June 10- July 10 competition in France. Photo by UEFA website.
Agenda.ge, 07 Sep 2015 - 14:47, Tbilisi,Georgia

Three days on since Georgian defeated Scotland on the football pitch, the Georgian side is gearing up to face Ireland in the next UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifying match in Dublin.

Tonight the sides will compete for victory at the Aviva-UEFA Elite Stadium, which is renowned for holding the Europa League Final in 2011.

According to FIFA world rankings, Ireland is ranked 41st while Georgia is ranked 147th.

The national team coach Kakha Tskhadadze named all players who travelled to Dublin with him but the full line-up will be revealed shortly before the match begins. He will choose his starting 11 from a list of 24 players from local and international clubs.

It has been highly publicised that midfielder Jano Ananidze will miss the match due to an injury he received during the September 4 game vs Scotland.

Georgia are second from the bottom in Group D of the UEFA Euro 2016 championship qualifying draw, with six points from seven matches, while Ireland was third in Group D and was challenging to advance from the group stage.

In the other two Group D games, fourth-placed Scotland will play group leaders Germany while Gibraltar will face Poland tonight.

The Dublin game is set to kick off at 10:45 pm Georgian time and will be broadcast live on Georgian Public Broadcasting Channel 1.