Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland (Result)
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
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It's all over at Windsor Park.
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Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
It's a decent delivery but it's cleared away. That will probably be that.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Dale Taylor is hacked down outside the area and Denis Zakaria is booked.
Time for one final chance?
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Sanches is now down hurt after challenging Brodie Spencer for a throw in, but he's off the pitch to play will continue.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
A dangerous cross from Sanches somehow evades everyone in the area and the ball drifts out for a goal kick.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
The fourth official is getting his board ready. Can't imagine it will be an overly large number.
Three it is, then.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Jamie Donley breaks down the left but his cross is straight at Kobel.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Stephen Craigan
Former NI & Motherwell defender on BBC Two NI
The template defensively has worked ok tonight and that is what Northern Ireland will need if they are going to push Sweden on Tuesday night and if they're going to go close in the World Cup qualifiers. You need to be hard to play against.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
The attendance at Windsor Park is announced as 17,862.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
One final (I hope!) change for Switzerland as Djibril Sow is introduced as we head towards stoppage time.
Goalscorer Vincent Sierro makes way.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Five to go.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
The Swiss are having plenty of the ball here but aren't doing too much with it.
The Kop are trying to inspire another late attack from Northern Ireland as they work their way through the GAWA songbook.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Stephen Craigan
Former NI & Motherwell defender on BBC Two NI
What you get when you're bringing on the likes of Terry Devlin, Dale Taylor, Jamie Donley and Justin Devenny is they're desperate to impress Michael O'Neill and desperate to be part of what he is building along with this young group.
They want to make sure that when the teams named next time, they are the first name on the list. There is a real hunger about them and that has shown since they have entered the field of play.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Zeqiri is almost in again but he can't bring a long ball under control.
Charles gratefully gathers.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Just 10 minutes to go....
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Chances galore! Pierce Charles does well to push away Andi Zeqiri's header at his near post.
The corner is straight out of play.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Stephen Craigan
Former NI & Motherwell defender on BBC Two NI
It's a delightful corner from Justin Devenny and all Jamie Donley has got to do is get across the near post and get a flick on it but it's a smart save from Gregor Kobel.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
Another chance!
Another Devenny corner is cleared to the edge of the area and Terry Devlin, with his first touch, heads it back into the mixer.
Paddy McNair senses it and tries to stretch for the ball, but it skips off the wet surface and out for a goal kick.
If the pitch was still dry that could have been an even better chance.
Northern Ireland 1-1 Switzerland
CLOSE!
Justin Devenny whips in the corner and Jamie Donley flicks a header towards goal.
It looks like it is creeping in but Gregor Kobel pushes it over.
Highlights: Price on target as Northern Ireland draw at home to Switzerland
Isaac Price's fine first-half free-kick was only enough to earn Northern Ireland a draw in their friendly with Switzerland at Windsor Park.
The West Bromwich Albion man's sweetly struck effort had put Michael O'Neill's side ahead in the 16th minute, but Switzerland equalised 12 minutes later when the hosts failed to pick up Vincent Sierro at a corner.
Price had the best opportunity of the second half four minutes after the restart but he could only direct Shea Charles' free-kick over the bar.
O'Neill gave debuts to two players with Tottenham Hotspur's Jamie Donley and Portsmouth's Terry Devlin both appearing as second-half substitutes.
Northern Ireland travel to Sweden on Tuesday for the second game of this friendly double-header.
Jamie Donley made his first Northern Ireland appearance after receiving Fifa clearance this week
Northern Ireland had won their past four games in Belfast, scoring 11 and conceding none.
While they were without Liverpool's Conor Bradley through injury, the hosts made a confident start.
Queens Park Rangers winger Paul Smyth drew the first save of the night from Swiss keeper Gregor Kobel after only two minutes and they were quickly on the foot front.
Northern Ireland opened the scoring when, after Lee Bonis was fouled on the edge of the box by Stefan Gartenmann, Price curled the resulting free-kick into the top corner.
The midfielder almost turned provider soon after as he put Bonis through on goal but the ADO Den Haag striker only produced a tame effort on goal.
Switzerland, who have not won since beating Italy in the last 16 at Euro 2024, had plenty of the ball and gradually began to look more threatening.
They equalised through their first attempt on target when Northern Ireland left Sierro unmarked at a corner and the midfielder directed a delivery from Ricardo Rodriguez beyond Pierce Charles.
Isaac Price had the best chance of the second half
After the restart, the game settled into a pattern where Switzerland enjoyed plenty more possession but Northern Ireland created the better opportunities.
The best of them fell to goalscorer Price only minutes into the half.
Shea Charles' teasing delivery was perfectly weighted across the goal but Price could not make the desired connection from six yards and the ball spun over the bar.
Brodie Spencer did have to be alert to block debutant Isaac Schmidt's strike on goal, but at the other end Ethan Galbraith put an effort just wide.
Forward Donley, whose international transfer from the England under-age set-up was finalised this week, was introduced in place of Smyth in the 58th minute.
With a quarter of an hour to go, the 20-year-old, on loan at Leyton Orient, went close with a deft header that produced a flying one-handed save from Kobel.
Pierce Charles had to be equally alert soon after to deny Andi Zeqiri who had directed his fellow substitute Alvyn Sanches' cross towards goal, but neither side went any closer to finding a winner.
Manager: Michael O'Neill
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Northern Ireland have failed to score in each of their last five matches against Switzerland (D2 L3), with Darren Patterson the last Norn Iron player to score against the Swiss in April 1998.
Switzerland’s four away games against Northern Ireland have seen only three goals scored, two 1-0 wins for Norn Iron (1964 and 1998) and a 1-0 win for the Swiss in 2017; the most recent game was goalless in 2021.
Since the turn of the millennium, Northern Ireland vs Switzerland is the lowest scoring fixture between European nations (min. 5 meetings), with just three goals scored in five games (0.6 per game).
Northern Ireland have scored nine goals in their last three international matches, as many as they had in their previous 10 games combined. They are looking to score two or more goals in four consecutive matches for the first time since October 1964.
Switzerland are winless in their last seven matches in all competitions (D3 L4). They last had a longer winless run between April 1985 and April 1986 (nine in a row).
Northern Ireland have won their last four home games, scoring 11 goals and conceding none. They last had a longer home winning run between October 2015 and November 2016 when they won six in a row, the last five of which without conceding.
21-year-old Isaac Price has been involved in five goals in his last three games for Northern Ireland (4 goals, 1 assist) and has scored six overall for his country. Only Norman Whiteside (eight) and Kyle Lafferty (seven) have more goals while aged 21 or younger.
Zeki Amdouni has scored three goals in his last five Switzerland appearances, while since the start of 2023 he has twice as many goals as any other Swiss player (10 goals).
