664: 8 September 2021

663 vs. EST		Wednesday, 8 September 2021				KO:	19:45
664		2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
665 vs. SUI		National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast (H)				Att:	15,660
Northern Ireland			0-0		Switzerland
NIR			0-0		SUI

• Referee: Harald Lechner (AUT)
• Assistant Referees: Andreas Heidenreich (AUT), Markus Gutschi (AUT)
• Fourth Official: Markus Hameter (AUT)
• Video Assistant Referee: Szymon Marciniak (POL)
• Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Paweł Sokolnicki (POL)

Match Events
N. Ireland		Switzerland
- ■ Smith	16' 24' 33'		■ Frei - ○ Seferovic (pen)
-	HT [0-0]		-
■ Lewis - ■ Brown	48' 53' 90+2'		- ■ Zakaria -
-	FT [0-0]		-

NORTHERN IRELAND:

Manager: Ian Baraclough

Captain: Steven Davis

(5-3-2) Peacock-Farrell; Smith [Bradley 68'], Ballard, Cathcart, Brown, Lewis, Davis, McCann, Thompson [Saville 74'], Washington [Charles 68'], Lavery [Jones 86']

Unused subs: Flanagan, McGinn, Lafferty, Ferguson, Carson (gk), Whyte, McCalmont, Hazard (gk)

SWITZERLAND:

Head Coach: Murat Yakin

Captain: Yann Sommer

(4-3-2-1) Sommer; Widmer, Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Freuler, Frei [Steffen 60'], Zakaria [Aebischer 86']; Fassnacht [Zuber 59'], Vargas; Seferovic [Zeqiri 77']
Unused subs: Garcia, Mvogo, Sow, Lauper, Lotomba, Kobel, Schar, Zesiger

Match Programme/Teamsheet:

Unofficial

Photos:

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Match Reports:

Daily Mail

BBC

Irish FA

Pre-Match:

Northern Ireland Squad

Goalkeeper: Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Trevor Carson (Dundee United), Conor Hazard (Celtic)
Defenders:  Jonny Evans (Leicester City), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Stuart Dallas (Leeds United), Shane Ferguson (Rotherham United), Michael Smith (Heart of Midlothian), Jamal Lewis (Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard (Millwall, loan), Ciaron Brown (Cardiff City), Liam Donnelly (Motherwell)*, Tom Flanagan (Sunderland)*
Midfielders: Steven Davis (Rangers), Corry Evans (Sunderland), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Ali McCann (St Johnstone), Gavin Whyte (Oxford United, loan), Paddy McNair (Middlesbrough), Jordan Jones (Wigan Athletic), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Alfie McCalmont (Morecambe, loan)*
Forwards: Josh Magennis (Hull City), Conor Washington (Charlton Athletic), Shayne Lavery (Blackpool), Dion Charles (Accrington Stanley), Kyle Lafferty (Anorthosis Famagusta)*

* late call-ups (IrishFA / BBC)

Switzerland Squad

Notes:

• Shortly before the squad was announced coach Austin MacPhee left the set-up to take a role with Scotland. He was replaced by Leicester coach, Adam Sadler. Sadler however was unable to join up with the squad following a family bereavement.
• Peacock-Farrell became the first Northern Ireland goalkeeper to save penalties in consecutive matches.