Republic of Ireland vs Greece: UEFA Nations League

The Republic of Ireland have never beaten Greece in five previous attempts (1 draw, 4 defeats), making them the only European nation the Boys in Green have faced more than twice without ever winning.

Greece have won all three previous away games against the Republic of Ireland without conceding a goal, most recently in October 2023 in a European Championship qualifier (2-0).

The Republic of Ireland lost their first game under Heimir Hallgrímsson against England. The only manager to lose his first two games as manager of the country was Mick McCarthy in March/April 1996.

Greece have won four of their last five away games in the UEFA Nations League, but lost their last such game 1-0 in Cyprus in September 2022.

Greece has lost only one of its last seven international matches (4 wins, 2 draws), with its only defeat coming in October 2023 against the Netherlands (0-1). Three of Greece's four victories in this series have been by at least three goals: 5-0 against Gibraltar, 5-0 against Kazakhstan and 3-0 against Finland.

The Republic of Ireland have lost their last three competitive home matches, the second of which was against Greece (0-2 in October 2023). They have never before lost four consecutive competitive home matches.

Fotis Ioannidis scored two of Greece's three goals in their last match against Finland, the first brace of his international career. In fact, the 24-year-old has now scored four goals in his last five appearances for his country.

No Republic of Ireland player has been directly involved in more goals in the UEFA Nations League than Robbie Brady (3 – one goal, two assists). He has also created the most goalscoring opportunities (20) and completed the most crosses (21) for the Boys in Green in the competition.