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Northern Ireland squad for Faroe Islands, Hungary revealed

Northen Ireland squad for Faroe Islands, Hungary revealedNorthern Ireland coach Michael O’Neill has selected a 26-man squad for Euro 2021 qualifiers against Faroe Islands and Hungary.

The Green and White Army sit one point behind Group F leaders Romania, while sitting two points in front of Hungary with four games to go, and they are 1.50 (1/2) to achieve a top 2 finish and qualify for the tournament finals.

Northen Ireland face Faroe Islands away on 4 September before hosting top 2 rivals Hungary in a crucial Euro 2021 qualifier three days later.

The 26-man squad selected for the two games contains Alan Mannus (7/0) and Lee Hodson (15/0), but the likes of Daniel Lafferty (12/0), Luke McCullough (4/0) and Trevor Carson (0/0) miss out from the previous roster.

Important players Chris Brunt (50/1), Kyle Lafferty (43/14) and Jamie Ward (16/2) have been included despite struggling through injury.

Shane Ferguson (18/1) and Ben Reeves (2/0) are also injury doubts, while Jonny Evans (42/1) keeps his place in spite of the lack of first team action at Manchester United.

Northern Ireland squad:

Goalkeepers: Roy Carroll (Notts County), Michael McGovern (Hamilton Academicals), Alan Manus (St Johnstone);

Defenders: Aaron Hughes (Melbourne City), Chris Baird (Derby County), Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion), Jonny Evans (Manchester United), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Shane Ferguson (Newcastle United), Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town), Paddy McNair (Manchester United), Lee Hodson (MK Dons);

Midfielders: Steve Davis (Southampton), Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion), Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers), Oliver Norwood (Reading), Pat McCourt (Luton Town), Stuart Dallas (Leeds United), Ben Reeves (MK Dons);

Forwards: Kyle Lafferty (Norwich City), Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock), Will Grigg (Wigan Athletic), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest), Caolan Lavery (Sheffield Wednesday), Liam Boyce (Ross County).

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