93 MINS: Good delivery on the corner kick but Ireland get up to clear with a header.
Poland pushing hard for an equaliser but they’re wasteful with their passing.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
90 MINS: Eight minutes added on as Poland win a corner.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
89 MINS: Confusion in front of the Ireland goal calls Courtney Brosnan into action.
The ball falls nicely for Ewa Pajor as the Irish defenders collide leaving the Poland captain to get the shot off but Brosnan puts her body behind it to save.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
88 MINS: Denise O’Sullivan looks in a bit of bother but the referee doesn’t look in the form to entertain it.
Play resumes and Poland get the throw in despite protestations from Emily Murphy.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
85 MINS: Courtney Brosnan down again to receive treatment as the clock ticks down.
After a little breather she’s back up and ready to go again.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
80 MINS: Oliwia Wos isn’t affording Emily Murphy an inch of free space after her goalscoring appearence in Gdansk.
Denise O’Sullivan finds Murphy with yet another inch-perfect pass, but Wos muscles in to steal possession.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
78 MINS: Ireland finding their attacking tempo now.
Katie McCabe stands over a corner and sends it to the back post but Caitlin Hayes is well covered by Poland and the effort hits the side netting.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
75 MINS: Brosnan’s good to keep playing so Poland resume play with a throw.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
74 MINS: Courtney Brosnan takes a heavy challenge in the air against Paulina Dudek. The goalkeeper keeps herself in action until the threat is dealt with, but then goes down needing treatement.
Looks like she took a hit to the face.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
73 MINS: Emily Murphy picks up a yellow for a needless foul, pulling back Wiktoria Zieniewicz by the jersey. She’ll now miss the next game against the Netherlands down in Cork.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
70 MINS: Kyra Carusa is down after taking a knock to the back of the head. Abbie Larkin looks like she’s getting ready to come in.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
67 MINS: Another Caitlin Hayes header puts Poland’s defence under pressure. Megan Connolly finds her with a great cross, but Hayes is off target.
Down the other end, Aoife Mannion is lucky not to concede a penalty against Weronika Zawistowska after leaving a leg in.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
65 MINS: Ireland free kick floated in by Katie McCabe. Caitlin Hayes gets up for the header but it takes a deflection and goalkeeper Kinga Szemik is able to gather for the clearance.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
61 MINS: Ewa Pajor tricks the ref to draw a free despite being the one holding Kyra Carusa.
Easy one for Courtney Brosnan in the end. Shot is sent straight at the Ireland goalkeeper who’s never in any doubt.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
56 MINS: Denise O’Sullivan hits the crossbar! She gets a lovely touch to chip over the defender and turn in on goal but her shot under pressure rattles the woodwork.
Second shot off the crossbar of the afternoon for Ireland.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
52 MINS: Poland giving Ireland a world of room at the back, letting the back line plot their path forward without pressure.
Marissa Sheva makes a nice run in but the shot trails right. Poland’s goalkeeper isn’t too impressed with the effort of her defenders.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
48 MINS: Denise O’Sullivan feeds Emily Murphy a perfect pass to send her in on goal, but Murphy miskicks her switch to Kyra Carusa and it goes straight to the feet of the Poland defender.
Megan Connolly follows up with a shot to sting the palms of Poland goalkeeper Kinga Szemik. Good effort.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
45 MINS: Emily Murphy gets us back under way at the Aviva.
One change for Poland at the break, Natalia Radkiewicz in for Adriana Achcinska.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
Here’s Marissa Sheva’s goal to put Ireland ahead:
HT: REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
And there’s half-time. Ireland lead 1-0 after Marissa Sheva’s 41st-minute goal.
Far from the excitement we saw on Tuesday but Ireland are out in front and that’s what counts.
HT: REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
45 MINS: Two minutes added on.
Poland on the attack again but Ireland disposes them in the midfield. The visitors are looking like they just want to get to the break.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
42 MINS: GOAL FOR IRELAND!
Marissa Sheva finds the net to put Ireland ahead.
Good build-up play from Emily Murphy. Kyra Carusa supplies the cross and Sheva looses her footing but manages to slot it in to the bottom-left corner.
REP OF IRELAND 1 POLAND 0
38 MINS: First attempt on target for Poland but Adriana Achcinska’s shot is directly at Courtney Brosnan, who has no trouble putting a stop to it.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
36 MINS: Poland threaten Ireland’s goal but a good scramble defence from Ireland eventually sees them out and on the counter attack.
Ireland are slowing play right down, not trying to force anything. Poland bringing all the impetus.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
29 MINS: Lovely chance for Aoife Mannion but Poland’s Oliwia Wos does well to get a header to it.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
25 MINS: Marissa Sheva misjudges her first touch and it goes out for a Poland corner.
Caitlin Hayes heads to clear and Katie McCabe sends it long to give Ireland a breather.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
20 MINS: Lovely touch from Denise O’Sullivan to thread a pass through for Emily Murphy to run on to but it’s just slightly overcooked and goes out for a Polish goal kick.
Ireland looking a little less comfortable on the ball than they were in the early exchanges in Gdansk but some positive plays starting to come together.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
16 MINS: Emily Murphy hits the woodwork. Denise O’Sullivan finds her with a cross in off the right and Murphy puts the shot in but it’s marginally too high.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
14 MINS: Chance for Poland. Nadia Krezyman gets around Aoife Mannion to cross in to Ewa Pajor misjudged her shot and it goes to the left of the post. Courtney Brosnan breaths a sigh of relief.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
12 MINS: Kyra Carusa makes a run uo the right wing but he cross in comes too slow for Denise O’Sullivan’s run.
In the next play, McCabe makes a searching cross into the box hoping to find O’Sullivan on the run in but she just runs out of room, the ball sailing out.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
9 MINS: Kyra Carusa draws a free for Ireland. Katie McCabe and Megan Connolly stand over it, but it’s the captain that takes. Drop in over the penalty spot but Poland clear.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
7 MINS: Poland dominating possession for the early minutes. Working the ball out of defence Aoife Mannion is caught out but she’s fouled for an Ireland free kick.
Slow start from both sides.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
0 MINS: Poland captain Ewa Pajor gets us under way at the Aviva.
REP OF IRELAND 0 POLAND 0
Nearly ready to get started.
Carla Ward has made two changes from Tuesday, Abbie Larkin falls to the bench as Kyra Carusa returns to the starting side.
Two changes for Poland, Martyna Wiankowska and Nadia Krezyma both start.
Anthems are under way. Pitch at the Aviva is looking well, a huge improvement on Tuesday’s offering in Gdansk.
Ten minutes to kick-off at the Aviva.
Later, France host the Netherlands in the other Group A2 fixture of the day. Kick-off in Auxerre is at 8.10pm Irish time.
Republic of Ireland head coach Carla Ward ahead of kick-off at the Aviva. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
This campaign is all about getting to the 2027 World Cup in Brazil, with Carla Ward’s side setting a third-place finish in the group as the target.
How did the win in Poland earlier this week help those plans along? David Gorman took a look at how Ireland are looking with three group games remaining.
Do we dare to dream of higher than a third-place finish? We just might..
“A 3-2 win in Poland? We’ll take that,” Karen Duggan writes in her latest column after Tuesday’s result.
“It’s funny, I felt hugely positive after Ireland’s opening group games against France and the Netherlands, even though we lost both of them. We played good football in those games and you could see this team is now playing to its strengths.
Katie McCabe celebrates after Ireland’s win over Poland. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
“My worry was that we usually perform well against higher-ranked opposition but often stutter against teams like Poland, who are in or around our level.”
Lets hope there are no such stutters this afternoon.
Read Karen’s column in full below:
After Tuesday’s 3-2 away win, Ireland now sit third in Group A2 at the halfway point.
The Netherlands got the better of France earlier in the week, so they now sit top of the table, Les Bleus second and Poland down in fourth.
Netherlands – Seven points (D, W, W)France – Six points (W, W, L)Republic of Ireland – Three points (L, L, W)Poland – One point (D, L, L)
Ireland’s Denise O’Sullivan at the Aviva Stadium ahead of kick-off. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
And here’s Poland’s starting XI:
POLAND: Szemik; Zieniewicz, Wos, Dudek, Wiankowska, Achcinska, Kamczyk, Pawollek, Tomasiak, Pajor (capt), Krezyman.
Subs: Radkiewicz, Szperkowska, Zaremba, Sarapata, Zawistowskaa, Nowak, Cyraniak, Jedlińska, Grzybowska, Padilla, Araśniewicz.
Here’s how Ireland line out:
REP OF IRELAND: Courtney Bosnan; Chloe Mustaki, Caitlin Hayes, Aoife Mannion, Megan Connolly, Denise O’Sullivan, Katie McCabe (capt), Anna Patten, Marissa Sheva, Kyra Carusa, Emily Murphy.
Subs: Grace Moloney, Sophie Whitehouse, Jess Ziu, Leanne Kiernan, Ruesha Littlejohn, Amber Barrett, Aoibheann Clancy, Lucy Quinn, Jamie Finn, Abbie Larkin, Saoirse Noonan, Tyler Toland.
Afternoon all! Welcome along to The Irish Times live blog for the Republic of Ireland v Poland.
After their win on Tuesday in Gdansk, Carla Ward’s side are at home for today’s World Cup qualifier, with kick-off at the Aviva Stadium at 3pm.
We’ll be keeping you updated on all the live action, followed by a report and analysis.
We should have some team news shortly, but for now, here’s Gavin Cummiskey’s preview:
“For only the sixth time, the Republic of Ireland women’s team will play at the Aviva Stadium.
“Their record of two wins and three defeats really needs to improve in this World Cup qualifier against a Poland side out for revenge following the 3-2 loss in Gdansk last Tuesday.
“Also for the sixth time, Katie McCabe will lead her country out at the venue that inspired her to become a professional footballer several years before that career path truly existed.”
Read Gavin’s preview in full below: