Martin O’Neill and the Republic of Ireland welcome world champions Germany to Dublin tonight, with the former hanging on to their slim hopes of automatic qualification and the latter looking to cement their position as Group D winners.
The Irish are currently third in Group D with 15 points, two behind Poland and four behind Germany, with two rounds of fixtures left. After hosting Joachim Low’s side, Martin O’Neill’s men will conclude their qualifying campaign with a tough fixture away against Poland. The Poles themselves are travelling to Glasgow for their Round 9 tie, and Ireland will be hoping that their Celtic cousins can do them a favour by pulling off an unlikely win against Robert Lewandowski and co, which will set up a mouth watering final round clash in Warsaw this weekend.