Northern Ireland make three changes to face world champions Germany

11 October 2016 19:23

Aaron Hughes, Lee Hodson and Corry Evans all came into Northern Ireland's starting line-up for the World Cup qualifier with Germany in Hanover.

Michael O'Neill placed his trust in Josh Magennis in attack again instead of either Conor Washington or Kyle Lafferty, while Conor McLaughlin, Stuart Dallas and Niall McGinn all dropped out of the team that defeated San Marino 4-0.

Germany were unchanged from the team that defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 in their last qualifier and Julian Draxler was the only player in the XI who did not feature in the 1-0 win over Northern Ireland four months ago.

Source: PA