Republic of Ireland caretaker manager Noel King has decided to start Robbie Keane, Kevin Doyle and Anthony Stokes in attack against Kazakhstan this evening.

King has also given an opportunity to Darron Gibson, who will play alongside fellow Everton player James McCarthy in the middle of the park.

Republic of Ireland: Forde; Coleman, Dunne, O'Shea, Wilson; Gibson, McCarthy, Reid; Stokes, Doyle, Keane

Kazakhastan: Sidelnikov; Engel, Gurman, Kislitsyn, Dmitrenko; Chshyotkin, Karpovich, Baizhanov, Shomko, Khizhnichenko; Korobkin

Written by
Christopher Dodd