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Robert Hynes

Republic of Ireland v Lithuania predicted teams for the Aviva Stadium friendly

Caoimhin Kelleher is expected to retain his starting spot in goal for the Republic of Ireland's friendly clash with Lithuania on Tuesday night.

The Boys in Green host the Baltic state at the Aviva Stadium following their 2-2 draw with the world's top ranked nation Belgium on Saturday.

Stephen Kenny's assistant Keith Andrews confirmed on Monday that Ireland will make a number of changes for tonight's clash.

Andrews said: "Stephen's always very firm that caps aren't given out (casually), I very much feel that way as well.

"You have to earn them but equally you have to reward players who have been professional around maybe not being selected, not coming into the (Belgium) game and understand that disappointment. So, yeah, there will be changes.

"When I sat down and reflected on things and my time management and how I want to evolve away from what I actually do in here and how I spend time watching our players and doing the normal due diligence, I suppose, I want to evolve a little bit more and spend more time to become a better coach, a better assistant and involve myself in that regard rather than having to go to certain games in a different capacity."

Here are our predicted teams for the match:

Ireland: Kelleher; Coleman, Duffy, Egan; Doherty, Hourihane, Cullen, Manning; Ogbene Browne; Robinson

Lithuania: Plukas; Vaitkunas, Utkus, Satkus, Baravykas; Megelaitis; Lasickas, Golubickas, Cernych, Milasius; Klimavicius

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