In the third round of Group F of the European Group Stage of the World Cup preliminaries, Portugal faced Ireland at home. The starting lineup was announced before the game.

Portugal starting line-up: 1-Diogo Costa, 3-Ruben Dias, 5-Dalot, 7-C Ronaldo, 8-B Fee, 10-B seat, 14-Inacio, 18-Neto, 19-Nuno Mendes, 21-Ruben Neves, 23-Vitinha

Portuguese substitutes: 12-José Sa, 22-Rui Silva, 2-Semedo, 4-Antonio Silva, 6-Palinha, 9-Gonzalo Ramos, 11-Goncalves, 13-Vega, 15-Nunez, 16-Trincon, 17-Leo, 20-Conceicao

Ireland starting: 1- Kelleher, 5-O'Brien, 4-O'Shea, 22-Collins, 6-Cullen, 8-Molumby, 21-Abersole, 2-Coleman, 3-Manning, 9-Ferguson, 20-O'Beirne

Irish substitutes: 16-Bazunu, 23-Travers, 7-Parrot, 10-Idah, 11 -Azaz, 12-Dunn, 13-Ferry, 14-Taylor, 15-Egan, 17-Parrott, 18-Smalburn, 19-Johnston

[Pre-match information]