- Glenn Whelan will make his 85th senior cap (he is now the 10th most capped Ireland player of all time)
- This will be the sixth time that Glenn Whelan has led the team out as captain
- It will be five years to the day that Martin O'Neill will have taken charge of the Republic of Ireland (Ireland beat Latvia 3-0 in that first game)
- Martin O'Neill has used 63 players in five years with 26 players earning their first caps
- This year has seen 42 different players come into five camps (10 new caps, 9 other players who have trained with the squad)
- Ireland goalkeeper Darren Randolph will equal Gerry Peyton's all-time clean record of 11, should he not concede
- Ireland winger James McClean will equal Ian Harte's all-time goals record of 11, should he score
- There are three uncapped players in the Ireland squad: Caoimhin Kelleher, Ronan Curtis, Michael Obafemi
- Should Michael Obafemi make his senior debut, he will become the first player born in 2000 to do so
- Ireland have played Northern Ireland 10 times overall (Ireland have won 4, drawn 4, lost 2)