NORTHERN IRELAND v SWITZERLAND

This will be the fifth meeting between the countries, with Northern Ireland winning twice (D1, L1). Both those wins were at home, most recently in April 1998 thanks to a 10th-minute Darren Patterson strike. Switzerland picked up 27 points in World Cup 2018 qualifying, more than 49 of the other 54 countries and enough to finish top of five other groups. Apart from their 2-0 defeat by Portugal in the final qualifier, the Swiss had won all their previous nine qualifiers, scoring 23 and conceding just five. Northern Ireland are in the play-offs for the first time, qualifying automatically for the 1958, 1982 and 1986 World Cups. They won their Euro 2016 qualifying group.