World Cup qualifiers: Austria v Wales and Republic of Ireland v Georgia

Summary

Allen smashes in from 20 yards
Arnautovic levels with close-range finish
Long Bale throw leads to Wimmer own goal
Arnautovic responds again after Chester & Allen mix-up
Result: Republic of Ireland 1-0 Georgia (Coleman)
Result: Italy 1-1 Spain

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance

Postpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Austria v Wales (19:45 BST)
Wales. Euros. It was a glorious summer, right?
Well, Austria manager Marcel Koller has claimed Wales were "lucky" to reach the Euro 2016 semi-finals.
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Lucky?
"We will not rearrange everything. Sometimes you need to be lucky as well. That is what we could see at Euro 2016 - Wales were lucky sometimes," he said.
Ouch...
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Lucky?
"We saw during the Euros he [Bale] can win games on his own," Koller went on.
"We will not only have only player chasing after him - we will have two or three players in close vicinity to disturb him as soon as possible."
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Lucky?
Chasing the recordpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Austria v Wales (19:45 BST)
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Gareth Bale has 24 goals for Wales, four behind Ian Rush's record haul.
The rest of Chris Coleman's current squad have 31 between them.
Postpublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Austria v Wales (19:45 BST)
Captain Ashley Williams hopes Wales' travelling fans will prove the difference in Austria. Top seeds Wales are currently top of Group D but face potentially their toughest game of the campaign as they take on second seeds Austria.
More than 4,000 Welsh fans are expected in Vienna.
"Hopefully they come in numbers and drive us on again," said Williams.
"I've always said the travelling fans are brilliant. We saw that at the Euros throughout - it was unbelievable. At times when you need a lift, they gave it to us.
"I think they know how much we appreciate them so hopefully they can stick with us and keep pushing us on."
Team newspublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Republic of Ireland v Georgia (19:45 BST)
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Centre-back. Shane Duffy. Number seven.
There are no more words.
Team newspublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Austria v Wales (19:45 BST)
Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at Ernst Happel Stadion
Austria make two changes from their opening 2-1 victory in Georgia, with Tottenham defender Kevin Wimmer taking the place of left-back Markus Suttner and winger Marcel Sabitzer replacing the injured Martin Harnik.
Wales are unchanged from their 4-0 win over Moldova, with Leicester’s Andy King keeping his place in the absence of injured Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey.
Austria XI: Almer; Klein, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Wimmer; Baumgartlinger, Alaba; Sabitzer, Junuzovic, Arnautovic; Janko.
Wales XI: Hennessey; Gunter, Chester, Williams, Davies, Taylor; Allen, Ledley, King; Bale, Vokes.
Tonight's key gamespublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
There are nine World Cup qualifiers spread out across the continent tonight, but the three main ones we shall be keeping an eye on are:
Austria v Wales (19:45 BST)
Republic of Ireland v Georgia (19:45 BST)
Italy v Spain (19:45 BST)
Taking the next steppublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Austria v Wales (19:45 BST)
This summer Wales qualified for their first major finals since 1958 - and it went pretty well.
Chris Coleman's men went all the way to the semi-finals in France, a brilliant performance which won them plenty of friends on the way.
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Now the target is a first World Cup since 1958. Can Gareth Bale and friends reach Russia?