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Oisin Doherty

Republic of Ireland U21's v Sweden U21's kick off time, TV channel information, team news and more

The Republic of Ireland under 21's travel to Boras to take on Sweden in a vital game in Euro 2023 under 21 qualifying.

Jim Crawford's charges will be hoping for a similar result to when they last played Sweden. On that night in Dublin back in November of last year, Ireland emerged victorious by a goal to nil.

Another victory over the same opponents would be a huge step towards qualifying for the 2023 Euro tournament in Georgia & Romania.

Crawford has called up three extra players to his squad this week in Darragh Burns (St Pats), Killian Phillips (Crystal Palace) and Oisín McEntee (Greenock Morton).

Sweden currently top the group on 14 points, with Ireland on 10 points sitting in fourth place. However, victory over the Swedes would put Ireland just one point behind the group leaders, having played a game less.

Here's what you need to know:

Venue

Boras Arena in Sweden

(Twitter: @IFElfsborg1904)

Date and time

5pm Tuesday, March 29

TV Channel information

The game will be shown live on RTE television

Quotes corner

Lee O'Connor : "It's my last chance, obviously, to do it," he said. "To be the first (Irish) team to do it, it's what we all want to do. It would mean a hell of a lot."

"It's another good opportunity for us. The last game in November, not only the result but the way in which we won the game, every good team needs that moment and hopefully that can be our moment that spurs us on for the rest of the campaign."

"We didn't start the campaign as well as we wanted to. But you have to take the confidence from the last game and even the manner in which we won the last game and bring it into this camp."

Betting odds

Ireland: 3/1

Sweden: 63/100

Draw: 9/2

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