England's 2-0 victory over Austria has given the Republic of Ireland the chance to seal a place in the second round of World Cup play-offs if they beat Slovakia on Tuesday.
Ireland guaranteed themselves a place in the play-offs with a 1-0 victory over Finland on Thursday night.
But they needed results to go their way to have a chance of being one of three best runners-up from the nine qualifying groups to receive byes into the second round.
