Stephen Kenny has made two changes to the Ireland side that lost 1-0 to Armenia for tonight's clash with Ukraine.
Cyrus Christie comes into the starting XI in place of injured captain Seamus Coleman, while Jason Knight starts ahead of Troy Parrott.
Meanwhile, Ukraine boss Oleksandr Petrakov retained only one of the men who started Sunday’s 1-0 World Cup play-off final defeat in Wales with Everton’s Vitaliy Mykolenko starting once again in an XI captained by Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk, winning his 50th cap.
Speaking ahead of the game, Kenny said: “We’ve had a setback, but it doesn’t mean we’ll leave half of our team out because of it.
“We were on a good run of eight [unbeaten], winning numerous matches and players were scoring goals.
“I wouldn’t say there will be drastic changes. And someone who has played a match should be that much sharper.
“The four-day turnaround is not too drastic, as opposed to between Wednesday and Saturday, although we did have the travel in between.”
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