Ireland v Ukraine: All You Need To Know

UEFA Nations League B Group 1

Ireland v Ukraine, Aviva Stadium, 7.45pm

TV

Live coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 7pm

RADIO

Live commentary on Game On on RTÉ2fm

ONLINE

Live match tracker on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News Now app, with goals and significant action posted on @rtesoccer on Twitter and the RTÉ Sport Facebook account. Plus report and reaction afterward.

WEATHER

A breezy day on Wednesday with sunny spells and showers. Showers may merge to give longer spells of rain at times. Top temperatures of 16 to 19 degrees with a fresh and gusty westerly breeze. For more, see met.ie.

THE NATIONS LEAGUE CURSE

Since Wales, hungry for vengeance, rattled in four goals in the first hour against Ireland in our first ever Nations League game back in September 2018, we've extracted nothing but misery from this new competition that UEFA saw fit to invent.

Apathy was rampant back then and we got off on the wrong foot. Perhaps, we might say in retrospect, that all those fans demanding again and again to be explained the format of 'this bloody thing' was bad karma.

In Cardiff, Millwall's Shaun Williams did rustle up a fine consolation goal around 70 minutes in. Lamentably, it remains Ireland's second to last goal in this competition in 11 matches. After six losses and five draws, we're still awaiting our first win.

Armenia, who were smashed 9-0 by Norway in their last outing, were supposed to be suitable patsies for an overdue victory. Not quite, it turned out.

After a wobbly start, Ireland had the better of the play in the first half, Robinson and Ogbene missing chances. It was assumed Stephen Kenny's side would ratchet up the pressure in the second half but it was the Armenians who were emboldened, evidently concluding at half-time that they didn't