Who can Republic of Ireland face in the Nations League play-offs today? Possible opponents ahead of draw

The Republic of Ireland are hoping to yet debar a demoralising relegation to the 3rd tier of the Nations League arsenic they hole to observe their play-off opponents this week.

It was a mostly torrid run for The Boys successful Green, who mislaid each but 2 of their matches successful Group B2 and shipped 12 goals successful the process.

Ireland were beaten location and distant by some promoted England and runners-up Greece, thumped 5-0 astatine Wembley successful their last crippled past play pursuing a woeful second-half illness that near Icelandic manager Heimir Hallgrimsson “lost for words”.

However, an Evan Ferguson victor against Finland 3 days earlier successful Dublin to spell on with their melodramatic precocious 2-1 triumph successful Helsinki successful October means they debar nonstop demotion into League C and volition alternatively contention a tense relegation/promotion play-off.

The League B/C play-offs volition spot the 4 third-placed finishers from the groups successful League B spell up against the 4 runners-up from the groups successful League C successful two-legged play-off ties, the winners of which volition beryllium successful League B and the losers successful League C.

The existent League B nations are each seeded for Friday’s draw - which takes spot from 11am GMT astatine Uefa office successful Nyon, Switzerland - and each paired with an unseeded promotion hopeful from League C, with the seeded teams each astatine location successful the 2nd legs.

The Republic of Ireland are joined successful the play-offs by Slovenia, Georgia and Iceland from League B.

They could extremity up gathering Slovakia, who pushed Sweden for automatic promotion from Group C1 but crucially mislaid 2-1 successful Solna past period to extremity up finishing arsenic runners-up.

Another imaginable hostile is Kosovo, whose spot arsenic runners-up successful Group C2 has present been confirmed aft their abandoned lucifer against Romania successful Bucharest past week was subsequently awarded arsenic a 3-0 triumph for the latter.

Ireland could besides look Bulgaria, who finished 2nd down Northern Ireland successful Group C3 contempt Michael O’Neill’s broadside throwing distant a two-goal pb successful Luxembourg successful their last game.

Lastly it could beryllium Armenia, who finished a distant 2nd to ascendant North Macedonia successful Group C4 with lone 2 wins to their sanction from six matches but crucially up of some the Faroe Islands and Latvia.