Moris is out of his goal quickly to collect a Charles through ball before Whyte can get to it and add a fourth goal.
90'
The fourth official puts up his board, indicating that there will be three minutes of additional time.
88'
M. Deville enters the game and replaces D. Sinani.
Deville is on in place of Sinani.
85'
G. Whyte has scored a goal for Northern Ireland!
It's 3-1!!! Whyte chases onto a poor touch by Mahmutovic before running in on goal, and sliding the ball past Moris to surely put this game to bed.
84'
S. Thill enters the game and replaces L. Barreiro.
Y. Borges Sanches enters the game and replaces G. Rodrigues.
Sanches comes on for Rodrigues.
Martins makes way for Thill.
83'
S. Davis has scored a goal for Northern Ireland! Assist by D. Charles.
The visitors take the lead again!!! Davis is quickest to react in the home box after a McGinn cross, latching onto the loose ball before stabbing the ball home to make it 2-1.
Charles was able to nudge the ball to Davis before the Southampton midfielder did the rest.
82'
Martins makes a big interception in the box to halt a Northern Ireland attack, playing the ball off Brown to win a goal-kick.
80'
D. Charles gets yellow.
Charles is booked for a really late challenge for Olesen.
79'
N. McGinn enters the game and replaces S. Dallas.
McGinn comes on for Leeds man Dallas.
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78'
Thill takes a free-kick from 30 yards out, but his curled effort is easily caught by Southwood as the keeper shuffled to his left.
74'
M. Olesen enters the game and replaces M. Pinto.
Pinto comes off for Olesen.
70'
V. Thill enters the game and replaces O. Thill.
Vincent Thill comes on for Olivier Thill.
67'
Thill is momentarily down requiring some treatment after a coming together in midfield. However, the Luxembourg man looks okay to continue.
63'
D. Charles enters the game and replaces J. Magennis.
G. Whyte enters the game and replaces S. Lavery.
C. Brown enters the game and replaces J. Evans.
S. Davis enters the game and replaces J. Thompson.
Lavery makes way for Whyte.
Brown comes on for Evans.
Goalscorer Magennis is replaced by Charles.
Davis is on for Thompson in midfield.
58'
M. Martins has scored a goal for Luxembourg!
Cathcart makes a huge interception in the box to nod a cross behind before Sinani can head at goal.
The hosts are level!!! A corner comes in from the right, and Martins is there to head into the back of the net to make it 1-1. Evans initially got the header, but the ball skimmed off his head to the Luxembourg midfielder, who made no mistake with his nodded effort from a couple of yards out.
56'
Chanot is very fortunate to avoid a second booking for a really heavy challenge on Magennis.
54'
Pinto shoots from just outside the box, but his tame effort is straight at Southwood.
52'
Evans does really well to outmuscle Rodrigues as the Luxembourg striker looked to cross. The Leicester centre-half is able to see the ball out for a goal-kick.
50'
There's carnage in the Luxembourg box as Magennis nods a cross back across goal, but the hosts are able to finally scramble it clear as their goal looked in peril.
48'
Rodrigues picks up a loose ball in the visitors' box, but his touch deserts him as the ball pings off the back of his left leg to a defender, who clears upfield.
46'
E. Mahmutović enters the game and replaces D. Carlson.
L. Southwood enters the game and replaces C. Hazard.
Southwood replaces Hazard in the Northern Ireland goal at the break.
The hosts get us back underway for the second period.
Mahmutovic also comes on for Carlson at half-time.
45' +3
HALF-TIME: LUXEMBOURG 0-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
45' +2
Lavery dribbles forward with the ball on the counter all the way into the Luxembourg box, but ends up blazing his shot over.
45'
The referee has added on three minutes of additional time at the end of this first half.
41'
L. Barreiro gets yellow.
Barreiro is carded after a coming together in midfield with Lavery.
33'
The hosts have had 56% of the possession so far in the match, but have struggled to create many clear-cut chances. Evans and his defence have done a good job of snuffing out Luxembourg attacks.
31'
A Northern Ireland attack comes to nothing after Dallas is judged to have caught Thill with an elbow.
29'
Rodrigues takes the free-kick, and sends his effort flying well over Hazard's crossbar.
28'
The hosts have a free-kick in a decent position, after Pereira is felled by Dallas 30 yards out from goal.
26'
Evans shoots from outside the box, but Moris is down quickly to his left to gather it.
24'
Magennis manages to nod a cross from the right back across goal, but Chanot is able to hoof it clear before any visiting forward can reach it.
20'
M. Chanot gets yellow.
Chanot is booked after clattering into Ferguson in midfield.
18'
Cathcart makes a big challenge in his own box, to take the ball off the toes of Rodrigues as the striker looked to shoot.
16'
J. Magennis has scored a goal for Northern Ireland!
The visitors take the lead!!! Magennis is the goalscorer, after the former Charlton man outmuscles Chanot before lashing home. The hosts claim for a foul on their centre-half, but the referee disagrees and awards the goal.
14'
Both teams have had decent chances, without either side being able to convert. Who will be the first to break the deadlock?
7'
Ferguson sends in another wicked cross, but Moris is out of his goal quickly to come and catch it before any harm can be done.
5'
Rodrigues gets in around the back of the defence, but he's ruled offside as he looked to latch onto a long through ball.
3'
There's an early opportunity for Northern Ireland as Ferguson sends a low cross into a dangerous area, but there's no teammate there to get anything away at goal.
1'
The visitors kick us off and we are underway.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the international friendly between Luxembourg and Northern Ireland.
The hosts come into this game after failing to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, only winning three and losing five of their eight qualification games in Group A.
The visitors meanwhile also didn’t qualify for the World Cup, finishing third in Group C. They will look to get a good result here to shape their squad for future qualification campaigns.
LUXEMBOURG (4-1-4-1): Anthony Moris; Marvin Martins, Maxime Chanot, Dirk Carlson, Michael Pinto; Christopher Martins Pereira; Olivier Thill, Danel Sinani, Leandro Barreira Martins, Laurent Jans; Gerson Rodrigues.
SUBS: Maurice Deville, Florian Bohnert, Lucas Fox, Mathias Olesen, Vincent Thill, Enes Mahmutovic, Ralph Schon, Eric Veiga, Yvandro Borges Sanches, Diogo Pimentel, Sebastien Thill, Vahid Selimovic.
NORTHERN IRELAND (3-5-2): Conor Hazard; Tom Flanagan, Jonny Evans, Craig Cathcart; Stuart Dallas, Corry Evans, Jordan Thompson, George Saville, Shane Ferguson; Shayne Lavery, Josh Magennis.
SUBS: Dion Charles, Steven Davis, Danny Ballard, Ciaron Brown, Alistair McCann, Paddy Lane, Caolan Boyd-Munce, Luke Southwood, Gavin Whyte, Liam Donnelly, Niall McGinn, Joshua Clarke.
The two teams make their way onto the pitch ahead of kick-off.
Whilst it's only a friendly, both teams will be keen to get a result here to inspire confidence in their next campaign to qualify for a big tournament. Can the hosts turn it around?
Thanks for joining us for Northern Ireland's 3-1 win over Luxembourg in an international friendly match.
Northern Ireland have another game in this international break, hosting Hungary in their next game on 29th March as they look to carry the momentum from this win forward. Luxembourg will travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina in their next match, as they try to get back on track.
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