October international preview

With the women’s international break taking place a week earlier than the men’s, Kayleigh Green and Megan Connolly will now return to the club after being on the winning sides for Wales and the Republic of Ireland respectively in their Women’s Euro 2021 qualifiers.

Green featured in a 1-0 victory over Belarus in Minsk on Tuesday night, as Rachel Rowe’s strike secured a hard-fought win to leave Wales second in Group C with seven points from their opening three qualifiers.

It was also a memorable night for Connolly, who featured for the full 90 minutes in a thrilling 3-2 victory over Ukraine in front of a crowd of 5,328 spectators at the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin – a record for a women’s international game in Ireland.

Goals from Katie McCabe and Rianna Jarrett put the side 2-0 up, before Ukraine wiped out the lead through goals from Iyubov Shmatko and Olha Ovdiychuk.

But Ireland’s decisive third came in the 53rd minute when Natiya Pantsulaya turned the ball into her own net.

WHAT’S STILL TO COME

SENIOR SQUADS

Aaron Mooy and Maty Ryan are the first Albion players in senior international action when Australia host Nepal in Canberra for a World Cup qualifier on Thursday, before the duo travel to Taiwan to take on Chinese Taipei in another qualifier the following Tuesday.

Aaron Connolly will be aiming to make his senior debut for the Republic of Ireland when they face Georgia in a Euro 2020 qualifier on Saturday. The Irish then travel to Switzerland for another qualifier the following Tuesday, and is joined in the squad by Shane Duffy.

Galatasaray loanee Florin Andone will also be targeting game time on Saturday when Romania face the Faroe Islands in the first of two Euro 2020 qualifiers this month, before they host Norway on Tuesday.

INTERNATIONAL AGE GROUP SQUADS

There are also a host of players taking part across a number of under-21 Euro 2021 qualifiers in the coming days, including Tudor Baluta, who is among the first to taste international action against Ukraine on Thursday, before facing Northern Ireland next Monday.

Following his first-team debut last month, Haydon Roberts turns his attention back to England’s under-18s, with three friendlies against Poland under-19s, Slovakia under-19s and Austria’s under-18s.

Meanwhile, Albion under-18 midfielder Marc Leonard faces three UEFA under-19 qualifiers against Belarus, Andorra and Germany, with all three games taking place across the next seven days.

Below is a round-up of Albion’s players that are set to be in action.