Good evening, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Bosnia-Herzegovina v Ireland.

Some speed on show from Coleman there through the middle.

Are Ireland genuinely trying to waste time already? This seems a rather optimistic tactic if so.

Ah, his work is wasted as his colleagues don't stay onside.

Lulic looking lively down the left in these opening minutes.

Visca is pressurising Whelan who's risking getting caught in possession here.

Well, that tightness of formation Martin O'Neill mentioned pre-match is certainly in evidence. This is going to be fierce.

Murphy bumps in to Sunjic, and the referee awards the hosts a free kick.

Kick-off!

Odd quality of light in the ground this evening, a mixture of bright floodlights, mist and damp in the air.

Time for the national anthems!

Here come the teams with their mascots. The mascots have jumpers underneath their t-shirts.

Martin O'Neill: "The important thing for us tonight is try and play as tightly as possible. You can't sit in all night long, otherwise you will get done...We want to try and get a goal tonight and stay in the tie, which is the most important thing."