UEFA U21: In-form Alan Browne ready for Ireland match against Lithuania

Just days on from getting the better of QPR’s Sandro and Leroy Fer, Alan Browne is in tip-top condition to aid Ireland’s cause in the UEFA U21 Championships Qualifying Round, Group 2 in Lithuania today (4.30pm).

Three points against the group’s bottom nation in V ilnius would ensure Noel King’s side remain top of their Euro qualification pool heading into 2016.

Cork native Browne will again harness the Irish engine-room alongside rising stars Jack Byrne and Josh Cullen. And the Preston midfielder comes into the qualifier having flourished in the scoreless draw at QPR on his fifth start in a row.