Michael O’Neill has announced his squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Belarus and Bulgaria.
The Northern Ireland senior men’s team manager has made just two changes to the panel which began the latest UNL campaign last month with a win over Luxembourg at home and an away defeat to Bulgaria.
O’Neill’s side are due to play Belarus at the ZTE Arena in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, on Saturday 12 October (19.45 BST kick-off).
And then they will be facing the Bulgarians at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast on Tuesday 15 October (19.45 BST kick-off).
Injuries to Cambridge United striker Shayne Lavery and Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Conor Hazard have paved the way for Stevenage striker Jamie Reid and Sheffield Wednesday keeper Pierce Charles to return to the squad.
Reid was unavailable for selection last month due to injury, while Charles played for the U21s against England and Ukraine. They were both last in the Northern Ireland senior panel for the friendlies against Spain and Andorra in June.
Stoke City midfielder Jordan Thompson and Huddersfield Town defender Brodie Spencer, who both had to pull out of the squad in September due to injury, have been included once again.
Also back in the fold is St Mirren midfielder Caolan Boyd-Munce, who had to leave the camp early last month to attend the birth of his first child.
Northern Ireland began their fourth Nations League campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory against Luxembourg in Belfast - courtesy of goals from Paddy McNair and Daniel Ballard - and then lost to Bulgaria in Plovdiv on a 1-0 scoreline.
They are currently third in League C Group 3 behind Belarus and Bulgaria, both of whom have four points to date.
Tickets for the Bulgaria game in Belfast on 15 October are still available at irishfa.com/tickets.
The Northern Ireland squad for the upcoming UNL fixtures is as follows:
Goalkeepers – Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Birmingham City), Luke Southwood (Bolton Wanderers), Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday).
Defenders – Paddy McNair (West Bromwich Albion, on loan from San Diego FC), Jamal Lewis (Sao Paulo), Daniel Ballard (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers).
Midfielders – George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair McCann (Preston North End), Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Southampton), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Ross McCausland (Rangers), Ethan Galbraith (Leyton Orient), Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock), Caolan Boyd-Munce (St Mirren).
Forwards - Josh Magennis (Exeter City), Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), Callum Marshall (Huddersfield Town, on loan from West Ham United), Jamie Reid (Stevenage).
