Out of nothing! Moldova almost score goal of the night as Sergiu Platica juggles the ball on his thigh before cracking off a shot from all of 25 yards, flying into the top corner until Darren Randolph pushes it over!

Rodrigo has given Spain the lead over Albania.

Spain, assured of a top-two finish, will qualify if they better Italy's result. So far, the Azzurri are drawing 0-0 with Macedonia and therefore Spain will qualify if nothing changes.

Plenty of time to go though.

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Don't tell Gareth Southgate but there's a lot to be said for 4-4-2 with two big strikers sometimes. The Republic almost have a third as they win the ball back, Jeff Hendrick slides a ball into the run of Shane Long on the right of the area, he could not hit the shot any cleaner but Ilie Cebanu turns it away with a one-handed save. Superb keeping.

England's youngsters have taken an early lead over Scotland U21s and it is a sensational strike from Tottenham's Josh Onomah, who is currently on loan at Aston Villa.

It was a wonderful half-volley following a corner and it looped over the head of Scotland goalkeeper Ryan Fulton.

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Serbia, who just need to win tonight to qualify for the group stages of the World Cup, are a goal up against Austria after just 15 minutes.

Crystal Palace midfielder Luka Milivojevic was the goalscorer. An alien feeling for him no doubt.

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Brilliant play! That's top class from Callum O'Dowda as he takes a pass from Wes Hoolahan, rolls his defender around the outside and then cuts a pass back into the run of Shane Long.

Long side-foots a shot from 18 yards, passes it into the corner - he's just wide, smashing the goalkeeper's drinks bottle instead of the back of the net!

Another huge throw from Stephen Ward causes more panic in the Moldovan backline but this time Daryl Murphy can't hook it home. That's a massive weapon from the Burnley man.

Callum O'Dowda hasn't scored since he left Oxford for Bristol City in the summer of 2016 but he hasn't lost his confidence, flashing a low shot into the side netting from 20 yards.

Femi John Atoyebi: Great start! First of many! Long night for Moldova.

A good old-fashioned charge out by the Moldova defence catches four Irishmen offside at a free-kick. Not seen a team do that for ages.

The Republic are dominant so far, captain David Meyler conducting the green orchestra from his station just in front of the centre-halves.

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Plenty of teams are in action elsewhere.

Italy host Macedonia, while Spain take on Albania in Alicante.

Serbia will qualify with victory over Austria but Liechtenstein and Israel, who also face each other, are out of contention.

Iceland, Turkey, Croatia and Ukraine can all still qualify and they are all in action tonight.

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I can tell you that Gerard Pique is being jeered every time he touches the ball for Spain tonight.

Ireland are lining up with a 4-4-2 diamond, with Wes Hoolahan in behind the front two. A cabinet of all the talents.

Away we go!

You're singing my tune Phil! That's what I think too. Crack on with it. No reason why we couldn't have Premier League games tomorrow.

It's not a popular tune, mind.

On plans to change the international calendar...

Phil, Newport

Defeat to Moldova is almost unthinkable tonight but if they were to lose, then the Republic of Ireland's hopes of finishing second would be over.

Here come the teams in Dublin. David Meyler captains the Republic tonight.