Summary

  • Davis strikes from the penalty spot for NI

  • Lafferty slots in the second from Ferguson cross

  • Ward smashes in a third for the hosts

  • Lafferty volleys in the fourth from close range

  • Latest: Scotland 1-1 Lithuania

  1. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 78 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Northern Ireland make their final change as Sunderland midfielder Paddy McNair, who started his country's last game in the Czech Republic, replaces Fleetwood's Conor McLaughlin.

  2. Postpublished at 77 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Conor Washington spins and shoots from the edge of the box but it's easily held by San Marino keeper Aldo Simoncini, who is surely man of the match here.

  3. Postpublished at 21:16 British Summer Time 8 October 2016

    Scotland 0-1 Lithuania

    Big 20 minutes for Scotland boss Gordon Strachan? His side have had 13 attempts on goal but just one shot on target. Must do better.

    Fiodor Cernych has just gone oh so close to a second for the visitors. Tense times.

    Dedicated live text and radio commentary of that game is over here.

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  4. Postpublished at 75 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    San Marino keeper Aldo Simoncini makes his eighth save of the game - he has been the only thing keeping the visitors in the game. The 30-year-old was a promising youngster in Serie B until a car crash 11 years ago which could have killed him.

  5. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 73 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Here comes Northern Ireland's hero in Euro 2016 qualifying. Kyle Lafferty replaces Josh Magennis up front for the final 17 minutes.

  6. Postpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 8 October 2016

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    John O'Neill
    Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio Ulster

    I am amazed. I am waiting for the net to bulge again and it nearly hits the corner flag.

    Washington just needed to side-foot it into the net and he has gone for power.

  7. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 71 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    San Marino make their second change as Enrico Golinucci replaces Matteo Coppini. Don't ask me for a detailed tactical analysis on that one.

  8. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Jamie Ward has Northern Ireland's latest shot - it's incessant now - and Aldo Simoncini again parries it away with Conor Washington volleying the rebound wide.

    Surely San Marino can't keep it at 1-0. Surely. Twenty minutes left.

  9. Elsewhere in Europe...published at 21:10 British Summer Time 8 October 2016

    It's Muller time. 

    Yep, Thomas Muller has another for Germany. He's made it 3-0 against Czech Republic and you'd imagine the defending world champions have the win in the bag now.

  10. 'A sucker punch'published at 21:09 British Summer Time 8 October 2016

    Scotland 0-1 Lithuania

    Rob Maclean
    BBC Scotland

    There's that sucker punch. The Scotland defence carved open too easily and Cernych fires in the goal which gives Gordon Strachan & Co a serious uphill struggle.  

    Dedicated live text and radio commentary of that game is over here.

  11. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Jamie Ward is the latest NI player to test Aldo Simoncini. The goalkeeper is a good shot stopper but loves to parry the ball. He is fouled in the follow-up and they have a chance to get the ball away.

    Now Josh Magennis has a shot. Simoncini saves and, you've guessed it, palms it into the danger zone but nobody is there to turn it home.

  12. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 65 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Northern Ireland bring on another forward, Conor Washington of QPR replaces Leeds winger Stuart Dallas.  

    Michael O'NeillImage source, Rex Features
  13. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Niall McGinn forces another save from goalkeeper Aldo Simoncini. A second goal is coming now surely. San Marino played OK (relatively) in the first half but they've totally gone now.

  14. DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 62 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Home fans momentarily think they have scored again as Josh Magennis turns home Stuart Dallas' cross but he was definitely offside. It's rightly disallowed.

    Now Niall McGinn pings a shot over from 25 yards.

    Josh Magennis of Northern Ireland has his goal disallowedImage source, Rex Features
  15. Postpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 8 October 2016

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    John O'Neill
    Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio Ulster

    That was the first time Northern Ireland have passed through the centre of the defence.

    I was expecting the net to bulge but Davis just got underneath it and put his shot over the bar. 

  16. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    Northern Ireland are really turning on the pressure now. Steven Davis plays a one-two with Josh Magnennis but the captain's strike from the edge of the area flies just over the bar. It does feel like a second goal is coming.

    Since going down to 10 men, San Marino have offered nothing.

  17. goal

    GOAL - Scotland 0-1 Lithuaniapublished at 60 mins

    Fiodor Cernych

    Wow. Where did this come from?

    Lithuania have offered very little attacking threat all night but a beautiful, one-touch passing move sees them take the lead as Fiodor Cernych drives home from inside the area.

  18. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    How is this not 2-0? Niall McGinn gets the ball down on the left wing, cuts inside and curls an effort which Aldo Simoncini does well to keep out. But the goalkeeper can only parry it to Stuart Dallas, who turns the rebound over from six yards out. He wasn't expecting it but probably should have done better anyway.

  19. Elsewhere in Europe...published at 20:58 British Summer Time 8 October 2016

    Robert Lewandowski seals his hat-trick. The Bayern Munich striker gets his and Poland's third but Denmark immediately reduce the deficit to two thanks to a Kamil Glik own goal. It's 3-1 in that game.

    Meanwhile, Germany have also increased their lead against Czech Republic as Toni Kroos fires home from outside the box. They lead 2-0 now.

  20. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

    BBC Northern Ireland's Richard Petrie at Windsor Park

    The volume rachets up another level or two as Northern Ireland begin to turn the screw on 10-man San Marino.

    The fans, bedecked in a sea of green in their new plush surroundings, sense that a second goal cannot be far away.