THREE KEY BATTLES IN BELFAST

STEVEN DAVIS v GRANIT XHAKA

Intriguing midfield matchup between the Southampton veteran — who is winning his 100th cap for Northern Ireland tonight — and Arsenal’s £35million man.

JONNY EVANS v HARIS SEFEROVIC

Benfica’s striker scored four goals in qualifying and spearheads the Swiss attack. Northern Ireland will look for centre-back Evans to deny Seferovic a vital away goal.

CHRIS BRUNT v XHERDAN SHAQIRI

Left-back Brunt knows all about Shaqiri from West Brom’s games against Stoke, but stopping the powerful little winger from producing a moment of magic will not be easy.