Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the game between the Republic of Ireland and Wales, team news to follow.

So James McCarthy was an injury doubt, Ronald Koeman was unhappy about him being in the squad, and now he has had to pull out just before the game.

David Meyler comes in.

As for Chris Coleman his message to his players is that this is not a must-win match, despite their position in the group.

He added that they have to play the game and not the occasion.

"People will look at this and say it's do or die but I don't see that," he said.

"All I see is a huge challenge, a great game for us. We've always wanted to be involved in games like this, when the pressure is on for all the right reasons, which means we're competing at the right end as opposed to halfway into it and competing for nothing, competing for pride. That's not the case.

"We can't miss the game - we did that I think against England,

"We were disappointed after the England game because it was a British derby* and there was so much surrounding it, and we got sucked into that."

Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has called on his side to remember their famous win over Italy in the European Championships.

"It's not a distant memory. Some of the players who performed that evening can call upon the experience again and go for it.

"I think we will have to produce a performance like that against Wales. I think the players are ready for it."

This is a tough group to get out of. One, possibly two, of Ireland, Wales, Serbia and Austria will qualify, that means a big nation is going to miss out.

Serbia have played five and they top the table with 11 points.

Ireland have played four and are one behind on 10, with Wales and Austria on six and four points respectively after four games.

The big news for Wales is that both Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey are able to start.

Hennessey, Gunter, Taylor, Davies, Chester, Williams, Allen, Robson-Kanu, Ramey, Bale, Ledley.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND TEAM NEWS

There are a number of injury issues for Ireland so their team more or less picks itself at the moment.

Randolph, Coleman, Keogh, O'Shea, Ward, McClean, Whelan, McCarthy, Hendrick, Walters, Long.