Stephen Kenny confirmed that there would be changes to his side to face Armenia at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday night, however, the Ireland manager expects them to be minimal rather than wholesale.
Coming off the back of a energy-sapping, high-octane encounter with Scotland at Hampden Park on Saturday night, the manager said that everyone is fit and ready to go again for the final UEFA Nations League game of the campaign.
Ireland go into the game looking to secure third place in League B: Group 1 behind Scotland and Ukraine, who will battle it out for top spot and promotion to the top tier on Tuesday night.
The threat of relegation remains a possibility for the Irish and should Armenia repeat the feat of the opening game, where they defeated the Republic 1-0 in Yerevan, it would consign Kenny's outfit to the third tier of the Nations League for the next campaign.
An unlikelihood, in reality, based on Armenia’s overall performance in the group, as they lost all four games to Ukraine and Scotland, shipping five goals on Saturday in their penultimate performance.
One enforced change for this fixture as Josh Cullen is suspended as a result of his yellow card in Glasgow, but otherwise Kenny has a full squad to choose from.
The manager stressed the importance of the game and will want to make sure there is real continuity in the side following what he considered a very good team performance in Scotland, despite the defeat.
"It's a very important game, we are looking forward to it," said Kenny, speaking at the pre-match press conference. "It's an important game for us and one we want to win. We are determined to do that.
"Everyone is fully fit. Josh Cullen is suspended, so Josh is the only player missing.
"We are considering that
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