All you need to know: Georgia v Republic of Ireland

World Cup Qualifier - Group A

Georgia v Republic of Ireland, Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, 5pm

TV

Live coverage of all the build-up and match action from Gori from 4.30pm on RTÉ2. Streaming live online on RTÉ Player.

RADIO

Live radio coverage on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra.

ONLINE

We'll have a live match tracker on rte.ie/sport, the RTÉ News app, as well as updates and goals on RTÉ Soccer Twitter and RTÉ Sport Facebook.

WEATHER

Temperatures are expected to fall into the lows 20s by kick-off time with the chance of passing heavy shower

The Girls in Green know that seven points from their remaining three games - or six from their next two, as manager Vera Pauw pointed out at yesterday's pre-match press conference - will be enough to see them claim a play-off place as they look to become the first Irish team to ever qualify for a major championships.

Ireland go into the game later in third place in Group A, two points behind Finland, who come to Dublin on 1 September.

The message all week from the camp has been about raising the standard of performance, with Diane Caldwell suggesting the team have another level to reach.

Pauw echoes these sentiments - "we always want to go higher, and that's why we've played against higher ranked teams" - but the hope would be that this talk is with Finland and Slovakia in mind in September.

The 'higher ranked teams' referenced are Denmark, Belgium and Iceland (twice) who turned over Ireland at the end of a run of seven defeats in a row up to June of last year.

Since then though, the mood has been positive, with a sense that it's all heading in the right direction towards a crescendo in September.

Sometimes it can seem like one step forward and two steps back with this team. In the last European Championship qualifying