Republic of Ireland v Belgium live stream, Saturday 26 March, 5pm GMT, Sky Sports Premier League
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The Republic of Ireland will be looking to spring a surprise as they welcome world number ones Belgium to Dublin on Saturday evening.
Stephen Kenny’s side are unbeaten in six games heading into this encounter at the Aviva Stadium – and have gone seven hours of football without conceding a goal.
Ireland may have failed to qualify for the World Cup, but they are enjoying by far their best run under Kenny – who was recently rewarded with a new deal keeping him in charge until after Euro 2024.
As for Belgium, this is where their preparations for this winter’s tournament in Qatar really begin. They come into this game having lost only twice since November 2018 – on both occasions to Italy, in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals and Nations League third place play-off.
Interestingly, though, Red Devils boss Roberto Martinez has left some of his main men — the likes of Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku — out of the squad, opting to pick only players with 50 caps or fewer.
Kenny has been dealt a couple of injury blows in recent days, with goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu and centre-back Darragh Lenihan both having to withdraw.
Despite the absence of numerous big stars, Belgium’s line-up should still feature several familiar faces, with Leicester’s Youri Tielemans and Borussia Dortmund’s Thorgan Hazard likely to be involved.
Kick-off is at 5pm GMT and the game is being shown live on Sky Sports Premier League the UK.
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