Away we go at Windsor Park.

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Michael: Surely Southgate is having a laugh captaining Dier tonight?

The Spurs player has actually captained his country five times, Michael.

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Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill on Sky Sports: "There's a freshness in the team, it's an opportunity for the boys who have come in.

"You don't have an awful lot to go on with Israel. They are looking for success and will come here wanting a strong performance.

"I'm keen to get Paddy McNair in the team. When he came in you felt he'd be a fixture and injuries have denied him that opportunity but against Greece he came in as a right back and I think he'll give us athleticism."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at The King Power Stadium

England manager Gareth Southgate, as expected, gives some of his current squad's undercard a chance in this friendly with Switzerland - so it is a big opportunity for the likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who is struggling for game time at Chelsea, to make a mark.

Southgate will also want to turn around that recent run of three defeats after the disappointing performance in the 2-1 loss to Spain at Wembley on Saturday.

So plenty to keep the crowd at Leicester City's King Power Stadium interested.

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BBC Sport

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International football is the highest level you can achieve as a professional football, it takes plenty of hard work and dedication.

But for Jon Parkin, a typical pre-match meal would include fishcakes, burgers and a fry-up. He isn't your average footballer and admits he'll go down as "the last of a dying breed".

At 6ft 4in and 17st, the 36-year-old striker is one of football's heavyweights, aptly nicknamed 'the Beast'.

In his own words: "I'm just an average fella from Barnsley who ended up playing football for a bit."

As he looks back on a 20-year career in his new book, BBC Sport takes a look at how not to be a modern professional footballer, via a few tales from one of English football's cult heroes.

Head here to read the full piece

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 live

The team selection offers an opportunity for the younger players to gain experience tonight. It is still a strong side and the majority have played at this level, with a few younger ones thrown in. Switzerland are playing a strong side too.

I would like to see James Maddison playing at his home ground but I know the under-21s are trying to qualify for the European Championships. We are still looking for that player that can change the game for England. I have seen Maddison play in the Premier League and he looks like he can handle that level, so the and the more experience he gets, the better he will become.

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This will be the 25th meeting between these two teams with England winning 16 and losing just three.

The side last met in qualifying for Euro 2016, with Wayne Rooney scoring in a 2-0 victory to become England's all-time leading goalscorer.

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This will be the 10th meeting between Northern Ireland and Israel, with the hosts losing just once and winning three times.

That defeat came in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup - a 2-0 defeat in Belfast in March 2013.

BBC Sport NI's Richard Petrie at Windsor Park: "After Saturday's frustrating 2-1 defeat by Bosnia-Herzegovina in their Nations League opener Northern Ireland will hope to secure a confidence-boosting win against a team who are 66 places below them in the Fifa rankings ahead of an away double-header against Austria and the Bosnians in the new competition in mid-October.

"NI manager Michael O'Neill will look for his team to add a more clinical touch in front of goal to the attacking enterprise they showed in their build-up play three days ago. And count out the defensive mistakes."

For Northern Ireland supporters their most memorable encounter with Israel came on 18 November 1981 when Gerry Armstrong scored the goal which secured a 1-0 win and qualification for the 1982 World Cup in Spain - ending a 24-year wait for a second appearance on global football's biggest stage.

The victory for Billy Bingham's men ensured second place behind Scotland in their qualification group.

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Gareth Southgate has had "initial discussions" over extending his England manager contract but for now is only "focusing on the job in hand".

Southgate, 48, led England to the World Cup semi-finals this summer, their best performance since 1990.

His contract, understood to be worth £1.8m a year, runs until summer 2020.

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 live

England got to the World Cup semi final this summer but they have lost the last three games and it could start to add up.

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He’s the man who's mocked by team-mates for the large size of his head and, inversely, his small ego. He's Harry 'slab-head' Maguire, and he's a cult hero now.

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BBC Radio 5 live

You can listen to build-up - followed by full commentary - of the match now on BBC Radio 5 live and at the top of this page.

Commentators Ian Dennis and John Murray are alongside former England winger Chris Waddle and other guests.

Tune in.

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On 14 September 2013, Harry Maguire was part of the Sheffield United team that lost 1-0 at Carlisle in League One.

Fast forward five years and the 25-year-old Leicester City defender is set to walk out in front of his own club's fans in an England shirt at the King Power Stadium.

Maguire has gone from the third tier of English football to the World Cup semi-final in double-quick time.

In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live's senior football reporter Ian Dennis, Maguire discusses his meteoric rise as he prepares for his 14th appearance for the Three Lions in a friendly against Switzerland.

Read the full interview

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill makes six changes from the Nations League thumping by Wales for the friendly against Poland in Wroclaw.

Millwall striker Aiden O'Brien will make his debut with his club-make Shaun Williams and Sheffield United's Enda Stevens handed first starts.

Cyprus Christie switches from midfield to right-back in a completely changed back four which also includes Derby centre-back Richard Keogh, Sheffield United's John Egan and Burnley's Kevin Long.

With David Meyler again left out, centre-back Keogh captains the side.

Injured full-backs Seamus Coleman and Stephen Ward drop out of the side along with Shane Duffy, Ciaran Clark, Conor Hourihane and Jonathan Walters.

For the hosts, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski will win his 100th cap if he is introduced from the bench.

Republic of Ireland XI: Randolph, Christie, Keogh, Egan, K Long, Stevens, Hendrick, Williams, O'Dowda, Robinson, O'Brien.

Poland XI: Szczesny, Kedziora, Glik, Kaminski, Reca, Blaszczykowski, Krychowiak, Linetty, Kurzawa, Milik, Piatek.

I mean, what a palaver.

See the 18:57 entry? Pretend that does not exist.

NINE changes for England, it seems, after the Spain loss. Jack Butland starts in goal ahead of Jordan Pickford in the revised line-up.

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Hold on, this is a right mess...

Only Jordan Pickford, Harry Maguire and Marcus Rashford remaining in the England starting line-up following the Nations League defeat by Spain.

Incidentally, in England's tweet of the line-up, Pickford is both starting and also on the bench too.

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