Reid recalled for Northern Ireland double-header

Striker Jamie Reid has been recalled to the Northern Ireland squad for the forthcoming Nations League double-header against Belarus and Bulgaria.

The Stevenage forward missed the 2-0 home win over Luxembourg and the 1-0 away defeat to Bulgaria in September after being ruled out of the early part of the season with an unspecified medical condition.

Reid scored 22 goals for his club in League One last season and was on target for Northern Ireland on his senior international debut in a 1-1 friendly draw with Romania in Bucharest in March.

The 30-year-old now has four international caps to his name, the most recent earned in a 2-0 win over Andorra in June.

NI manager Michael O'Neill is without striker Shayne Lavery as the Cambridge United player continues his recovery from a hamstring injury.

O'Neill is also missing injured goalkeeper Conor Hazard which results in Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Pierce Charles, who is yet to win a senior cap, being recalled to the squad.

Stoke City midfielder Jordan Thompson and Huddersfield Town's Brodie Spencer, who were absent from the September games with injuries, also return.

O'Neill's side face Belarus in Hungary on 12 October and host Bulgaria at Windsor Park in Belfast three days later.

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, on loan from Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers).

Midfielders: George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair McCann (Preston North End), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Southampton), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Ethan Galbraith (Leyton Orient), Ross McCausland (Rangers), Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock), Caolan Boyd-Munce (St Mirren).

Forwards: Josh Magennis (Exeter City), Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), Jamie Reid (Stevenage Town), Callum Marshall (Huddersfield Town, on loan from West Ham United).