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Match Report

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Northern Ireland extend unbeaten run to 11 with 3-0 defeat of Belarus

Goals from strikers Kyle Lafferty, Conor Washington and Will Grigg extended Northern Ireland's unbeaten run to 11 in a 3-0 defeat of Belarus.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
1
62
Possession
38
5
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
431
Accurate Passes
209
514
Passes
292
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
30
0.4
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
60
35
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
33
Effective Clearances
1
40
Clearances
5

Lineups

NIR · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Roy CarrollG
  2. 6Chris BairdCD-L
  3. 20Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 5Jonny EvansLB
  5. 2Conor MclaughlinRB
  6. 11Conor WashingtonM
  7. 17Paddy McNairCM
  8. 8Steven DavisAM
  9. 14Stuart DallasLM
  10. 13Corry EvansRM
  11. 10Kyle LaffertyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Luke McCullough
  2. 12Alan Mannus
  3. 19Jamie Ward
  4. 23Michael McGovern
  5. 4Gareth McAuley
  6. 16Oliver Norwood
  7. 9Will Grigg
  8. 7Niall McGinn
  9. 18Aaron Hughes
  10. 21Josh Magennis
  11. 3Lee Hodson

BLR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Andrey GorbunovG
  2. 21Yegor FilipenkoCD-L
  3. 3Alyaksandr MartynovichCD-R
  4. 17Maksim ValadzkoLB
  5. 4Igor ShitovRB
  6. 14Sergei KrivetsAM
  7. 15Syarhey KislyakLM
  8. 7Nikita KorzunRM
  9. 23Nikolay YanushF
  10. 9Ihar StasevichAM-L
  11. 11Mikhail GordeychukAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Andrey KlimovichSUB
  2. 20Mikhail SivakowSUB
  3. 12Sergey ChernikSUB
  4. 13Pavel NekhajchikSUB
  5. 10Aleksandr HlebSUB
  6. 6Sergei PolitevichSUB
  7. 5Denis PolyakovSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Northern Ireland 1, Belarus 0. Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 38' Substitution, Belarus. Mikhail Sivakov replaces Igor Filipenko because of an injury.
  3. 44' Goal! Northern Ireland 2, Belarus 0. Conor Washington (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Alan Mannus replaces Roy Carroll.
  5. 45' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Oliver Norwood replaces Steven Davis.
  6. 60' Sergei Kislyak (Belarus) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 60' Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 60' Substitution, Belarus. Aliaksandr Hleb replaces Sergei Krivets.
  9. 61' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jamie Ward replaces Conor Washington.
  10. 61' Substitution, Northern Ireland. William Grigg replaces Kyle Lafferty.
  11. 64' Aleksandr Martynovich (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 72' Substitution, Belarus. Denis Polyakov replaces Nikolay Yanush.
  13. 74' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Niall McGinn replaces Corry Evans.
  14. 74' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Aaron Hughes replaces Stuart Dallas.
  15. 78' Substitution, Belarus. Sergei Palitsevich replaces Igor Shitov.
  16. 81' Mikhail Sivakov (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 88' Goal! Northern Ireland 3, Belarus 0. William Grigg (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamie Ward with a headed pass.
  18. 89' Pavel Nekhaychik (Belarus) Substitution at 89'

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