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Republic of Ireland will be hoping to secure a vital victory against Russia when the two teams meet in their next Euro 2012 qualifying match on Friday. Catch all the live Euro 2012 qualifying action from that game by signing up with us here on Live Sport Network.

The Irish have started their qualifying campaign on a confident note, securing a narrow victory over Armenia in their first match before beating Andorra 3-1 to sit at the top of the group table.

Having narrowly missed out on a berth to the World Cup this summer, Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni will be aware that a victory against Russia on Friday will give his side a great chance to qualify for their first European Championship in more than two decades.

Russia on the other hand will be hoping to avoid another defeat when they visit Republic of Ireland. Dick Advocaat’s side started their qualifying campaign with a customary victory over Andorra but suffered a shock defeat against Slovakia to go three points behind the two qualifying spots.

Yury Zhirkov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Andrey Arshavin and Roman Pavlyuchenko have all been called up to the Russia squad while Seamus Coleman could make his debut for Republic of Ireland after being called up for the first time in his career. Watch Republic of Ireland vs Russia Live online on Live Sport Network, the leading source to watch live Euro 2012 qualifying action on the web.