Just minutes before kick-off, the Republic of Ireland forced into a late defensive reshuffle as Megan Campbell withdraws with a tight hamstring.

Megan Connolly steps into the starting line-up, taking up position in central defence while Aoife Mannion shifts across to fill the left-back role.

Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward says they will face a Slovenia team with an "abundance of quality" in their Nations League game in Koper.

Slovenia beat Greece 2-1 in their League B Group 2 opener on Friday while the Republic of Ireland clinched a 1-0 win over Turkey in Dublin.

"Slovenia are a top side - their age groups are showing that. Every single age group is improving in their rankings," Ward told RTE Sport.

"The first team are no different. They're a good side, they've got players with Champions League experience. But if I'm honest I think this type of game will be better than the game against Turkey.

"Why? Because you've got two teams who want to play football. There will be spaces that open up which naturally makes for a better game. It'll be a very different game but it will be a tough game because they've got an abundance of quality."

Kyra Carusa scored the only goal as Ward began her reign as Republic of Ireland boss with victory over Turkey at Tallaght Stadium.

However, Ward said after the match her team's display "wasn't pretty" and there was room for improvement.

"The system will never change with me - I have a very clear way of playing, the players can see that," Ward said on Monday.

"It's trying to continue getting those messages in, but we are going to try and look at something that will allow us to create more because we didn't create enough [against Turkey].

"We looked at it - five shots in the first half, none in the second. That's an area that we've focused a lot of our work on the last couple of days, both on and off the pitch."

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Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward said her side's 1-0 win over Turkey in the Women's Nations League "wasn't pretty" but three points were the "most important thing".

Kyra Carusa scored the only goal of a flat game at Tallaght with a looping header in first half stoppage time to get Ward's tenure as manager off to a winning start.

And whilst pleased with the victory, Ward reflected that there was plenty to improve upon.

"It was scrappy, it wasn't pretty but, as I said to the players, the three points is the most important thing, a clean sheet and something to build on," Ward told RTE.

"The players trying a new system, playing a new way and trying to execute what we want. We want to be more aggressive, of course we do, but Turkey made it a certain type of game."

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Carla Ward's reign as Republic of Ireland manager got off to a winning start as her side beat Turkey in the Women's Nations League on Friday night.

Kyra Carusa headed in the only goal of the game in first half injury-time in Tallaght after a largely frustrating half for the hosts.

It was an equally cagey second half as the Republic were forced to settle for a narrow success, with Turkey going close to equalising in injury-time through Arzu Karabulut.

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Slovenia manager Sasa Kolman has kept faith with the same starting XI that impressively overcame Greece in their Nations League opener with match-winner Zara Kramzer starting in midfield.

Meanwhile, visiting coach Carla Ward makes a solitary alteration from the side that beat Turkey 1-0 as she seeks consecutive victories since taking the reigns as Republic of Ireland boss.

Amber Barrett earns a starting place at the expense of Marissa Sheva, who must do with a place on the bench.

Slovenia: Mersnik, Krizaj, Golob, Conc, Erzen, Prasnikar, Makovec, Korosec, Kramzar, Sternad, Kobl.

Subs: Pasar, Klopcic, Kajzba, Zver, Kastelec, Ketis, Janez.

Republic of Ireland: Brosnan, Payne, Patten, Mannion, Campbell, Littlejohn, O’Sullivan, McCabe, Carusa, Barrett, Quinn.

Subs: Moloney, Whitehouse, Stapleton, Hayes, Connolly, Toland, Filis, Larkin, Sheva, Murphy, Atkinson.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Women's Nations League games.

At 17:00 GMT, the Republic of Ireland take on Slovenia in Koper looking for a second successive win in the group and under Carla Ward after they beat Turkey on Friday night.

You can follow live text commentary of the game in this page.

At 19:00 GMT, Northern Ireland are back on home soil for the first time this year as they welcome familiar foes Bosnia-Herzegovina to Inver Park.

Tanya Oxtoby's side are looking for their first win in the group after were beaten 2-0 by Poland on Friday in Gdansk. The visitors, meanwhile, picked up a 4-0 win against Romania and come into the game with confidence.

Northern Ireland's game will be streamed live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and we will have in play-clips as well as a love text commentary.

Thanks for joining us - enjoy!

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