Armenia v Republic of Ireland, all you need to know

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE GROUP B 1

Armenia v Republic of Ireland, Republican Stadium - Vazgen Sargsyan, 2pm

TELEVISION

Live coverage of all the build-up and match action from Armenia from 1pm on RTÉ2. Streaming live online on RTÉ Player.

RADIO

Live radio coverage of the match on RTÉ Radio 1.

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

It's going to be a hot one in Yereven. Conditions will be testing for the Ireland squad and should suit the home side with the forecast for temperatures to hit up to 34c come kick-off time with little cloud coverage.

IRELAND LOOK TO KEEP THE BANDWAGON ROLLING

Stephen Kenny’s side travel to Armenia surprisingly still looking for their first ever win in the Nations League competition.

Three draws in their last campaign was enough to narrowly see them avoid relegation to League C with Bulgaria, a point worse off, the side to make the drop.

Despite that poor record, there’s a resurgent feel about this Ireland squad who are now unbeaten in their last seven games, having reconnected with their support base.

Draws with Belgium and Portugal point towards a bright future for Kenny’s young squad and he’ll be eager to get the first win of this Nations League campaign under his belt in Armenia.

The Armenians are newly promoted to League B following a successful Nations League campaign last time out, but they’re more than 40 places below Ireland in the FIFA world rankings and their main aim this time out will be to avoid relegation.

Their form guide is almost the opposite of Ireland’s as a 1-0 victory over Montenegro on March ended a nine-match losing streak, but was followed by a 9-0 hammering against Norway.

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