By Aston Villa FC

Jonathan Kodjia scored to help Ivory Coast to a 2-0 friendly win over Russia in Krasnodar.

Kodjia opened the scoring on the half-hour mark after holding off a defender to reach a long pass and taking one touch before blasting a shot into the far corner.

Crystal Palace's Zaha doubled the lead on 70 minutes as he received the ball 35 yards from goal, skipped past four defenders before scoring at the near post.

James Chester played the full 90 minutes as Wales drew 0-0 with Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

However, Neil Taylor was dismissed on 69 minutes for a leg-breaking tackle on Eire skipper Seamus Coleman. 

Conor Hourihane was an unused substitute for Martin O’Neill’s team.

For Chris Coleman's side, a fourth successive draw of the campaign is another setback in their bid to qualify for next year's World Cup in Russia from Group D.

Republic of Ireland are joint top on eleven points with Serbia. Wales are third on seven points.

Mile Jedinak played 90 minutes for Australia in their 1-1 draw with Iraq in Tehran.

Mathew Leckie opened the scoring in the World Cup qualifying match just before half-time but Ahmed Yasin equalised amid torrid conditions.

Leandro Bacuna’s Curacao drew 1-1 draw away at El Salvador's Estadio Cuscatlan.

Curacao were handed a shock lead by striker Felitciano Zschusschen on 74 minutes.

But they couldn't withstand the pressure as El Salvador's Rodolfo Zelaya struck in injury time to level the score in the international friendly.

Jack Grealish was an unused sub as England U21s went down 1-0 to Germany in a friendly in Wiesbaden.

Nadiem Amiri's strike from the edge of the box wrong-footed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to win the game.