Ireland Men’s Under-21s face England in front of a sellout crowd at the Munster FA Turners Cross Stadium in Cork.

The Young Boys in Green have a play-off place in their sights but to achieve this they must either defeat the back-to-back European Champions or better/equal the result of third-placed Slovakia who are away in Andorra.

Jim Crawford’s young side have won three qualifying games on the bounce and have gone from trailing second place by six points in March to being on equal points with Slovakia and holding a play-off place.

But they know they face a seriously impressive England team, which is coached by former Ireland senior international Lee Carsley and are yet to taste defeat this campaign.

Match Details

Republic of Ireland MU21 v England MU21
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier
Tuesday, October 6
Munster FA Turners Cross Stadium
Kick-off 6.00pm (gates open at 4.30pm)

Tickets

The game is a sell-out and no tickets are available to purchase.

How to watch?

The game is available to view on LOITV.ie priced €9.99. To view, new users must register for an account with their card details (not part of standard LOITV subscription).

WATCH HERE

Quotes

Ireland Men’s Under-21 Captain Seán Grehan said: “A lot of people probably would have written us off after our result in Andorra, which is understandable, but we’ve had some younger players come into the group and they’ve been excellent and added quality. We won the last three qualifiers and put ourselves in a position where a place in the play-offs is in our hands.”

Ireland Men’s Under-21 Head Coach Jim Crawford said: “We’ve done exceptionally well to put ourselves in this position. The players have got themselves in this position through hard work They know a big performance is required to get over the line. It’ll be a massive crowd in Turners Cross, a vocal crowd, and we’ll need them because it’s a huge game.”
 

Republic of Ireland Men’s Under-21 Squad

Goalkeepers: Noah Jauny (Royal Francs Borains), Marcus Gill (Celtic), Conor Walsh (Shelbourne).

Defenders: Sam Curtis (Cambridge United, on loan from Sheffield United), Seán Grehan (Doncaster Rovers), Cathal McCarthy (Kilmarnock, on loan from Hull City), Conor McManus (Gillingham), Alex Murphy (1. FC Kaiserslautern, on loan from Newcastle United), David Okagbue (Peterborough United).
 

Midfielders: Romeo Akachukwu (Southampton), Adam Brennan (Shamrock Rovers), Jacob Devaney (Hibernian, on loan from Manchester United), Rory Finneran (Notts County, on loan from Newcastle United), Darius Lipsiuc (Notts County), Oísin Gallagher (Barnet, on loan from Lincoln City), Grady McDonnell (Nottingham Forest), Jamie Mullins (Wycombe Wanderers). ​​
 

Forwards: Leon Ayinde (Doncaster Rovers), Trent Kone-Doherty (Molde FK), Tommy Lonergan (Waterford), Kian McMahon Brown (Shrewsbury Town, on loan from Burnley), Michael Noonan (Shamrock Rovers), Ike Orazi (Stade de Reims).

UEFA Under-21 European Championship Qualifier

Tuesday, October 6 |  Ireland MU21 v England MU21, Munster FA Turners Cross Stadium, Cork, KO 18:00, Live on LOITV priced €9.99.