Fulham’s Ollie O’Neill and St. Patrick’s Athletic’s Conor Carty have been called-up to the Ireland Under-21s squad ahead of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Latvia this Friday.

O’Neill replaces Celtic’s Rocco Vata who has been ruled out through injury while Carty comes in to complete the squad of 23 having scored for St. Pat’s to help them reach the FAI Cup Final earlier today.

Ireland head into the game with two wins out of two in qualification having overcome Türkiye and San Marino in Cork last month.

Republic of Ireland Under-21s Squad

Goalkeepers: Killian Cahill (Brighton & Hove Albion), Josh Keeley (Tottenham Hotspur) Owen Mason (Wexford, on loan from Mansfield Town)

Defenders: James Abankwah (Charlton Athletic, on loan from Udinese), Sam Curtis (St. Patrick’s Athletic), James Furlong (Hull City), Anselmo Garcia MacNulty (PEC Zwolle), Sean Grehan (Crystal Palace), Bosun Lawal (Fleetwood Town, on loan from Celtic), Connor O’Riordan (Crewe Alexandra)

Midfielders: Baba Adeeko (Wigan Athletic), Zak Gilsenan (Blackburn Rovers), Matt Healy (Royal Francs Borains), (Joe Hodge (Wolves), Ed McJannet (Lecce), Andrew Moran (Blackburn Rovers, on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)

Forwards: Sinclair Armstrong (QPR), Conor Carty (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Aidomo Emakhu (Millwall), Johnny Kenny (Shamrock Rovers, on loan from Celtic), Ollie O’Neill (Fulham), Armstrong Oko-Flex (FC Zürich), Tony Springett (Norwich City)

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier – Group A

Friday, October 13 | Latvia U21 v Ireland U21, Zemgales Olympic Centre, Jelgava, kick-off 1pm (Irish Standard Time)