Euro 2020 qualifying: Germany 6-1 Northern Ireland

Summary

Smith put Northern Ireland ahead in Germany
Gnabry (3) & Goretska (2) & Brandt score for Germany
NI into March's play-offs
Win sends Germany through ahead of Netherlands as group winners
Commentary on 5 Live Sports Extra & Radio Ulster

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

Elsewhere in Europepublished at 19:12 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2019
It's a busy night of European Championship qualifying, although the only group that is still exciting is Group E, with Hungary, Wales and Slovakia all fighting for the last available spot.
Whoever wins out of Hungary and Wales will qualify, but a draw could open the door for Slovakia if they beat Azerbaijan.
(All games start at 19:45 GMT)
Group E: Slovakia v Azerbaijan, Wales v Hungary.
Group G: Latvia v Austria, North Macedonia v Israel, Poland v Slovenia.
Group I: Belgium v Cyprus, San Marino v Russia, Scotland v Kazakhstan.
- The live page for Wales v Hungary is here
- The live page for Scotland v Kazakhstan is here
Davis closing in on the recordpublished at 19:07 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2019
Germany v Northern Ireland (19:45 GMT)
An incredible Northern Ireland career is continuing for Steven Davis, who earns cap number 117 tonight, only two behind record holder Pat Jennings' tally of 119.
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Team newspublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2019
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Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is among the starting XI for Germany tonight, as is former Arsenal man Serge Gnabry, who scored a hat-trick in a 7-2 away Champions League win for Bayern Munich over Tottenham last month.
Toni Kroos plays for Germany for the 96th time in his career.
Germany: Ter Stegen, Klostermann, Can, Tah, Hector, Gundogan, Kimmich, Kroos, Goretzka, Gnabry, Brandt.
Substitutes: Leno, Rudy, Koch, Ginter, Serdar, Neuer, Amiri, Stark, Schulz, Werner.
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Northern Ireland are without Jamal Lewis for the game as the full-back has returned to Norwich City with a knee injury. Sunderland's Tom Flanagan makes only his fifth international appearance.
Josh Magennis has scored three of their eight qualifying goals and he starts up front.
Northern Ireland: Peacock-Farrell, McNair, Cathcart, Flanagan, Smith, Corry Evans, Davis, Saville, Ferguson, Thompson, Magennis.
Substitutes: Lavery, McGinn, Brown, Carson, Kennedy, Donnelly, McGovern, McLaughlin, Boyce, Lafferty.
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How they standpublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2019
Germany and the Netherlands both sealed their Euro 2020 places on Saturday - with a 4-0 win over Belarus and 0-0 draw with Northern Ireland respectively. Germany are likely to end up being seeded as a result of the Dutch dropping points.
Michael O'Neill's side will be in the play-offs next March.
Today's games...
- Germany v Northern Ireland (19:45 GMT)
- Netherlands v Estonia (19:45 GMT)
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Thanks for joining uspublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2019
Germany v Northern Ireland (19:45 GMT)
Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the Euro 2020 qualifier between Germany and Northern Ireland.
A campaign to be proud ofpublished at 18:51 Greenwich Mean Time 19 November 2019
Germany v Northern Ireland (19:45 GMT)
There have been late winners and lots of drama during Northern Ireland's Euro 2020 qualifying campaign...
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...but being in the same group as Germany and the Netherlands was always going to be a tough, tough task and so it proved with those two nations taking the top two spots.
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But Northern Ireland do have the play-offs to look forward to and now have the chance to see how they cope with one of the most difficult challenges in world football. Germany. Away.
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