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Northern Ireland national football team
European Championship | Qualifiers
Mar 29, 2015 at 5pm UK
 
Finland national football team

2-1

Lafferty (33', 38')
FT(HT: 2-0)
Sadik (91')

Team News: Steven Davis captains a strong Northern Ireland

Southampton midfielder Steven Davis leads a strong Northern Ireland side in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Finland.

Southampton midfielder Steven Davis will captain Northern Ireland in this afternoon's Euro 2016 Group F qualifier against Finland.

Davis is joined by fellow Premier League players Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, Chris Baird and Chris Brunt, while Kyle Lafferty will hope to add to his 12 international goals on what will be his 42nd cap.

There is also a start for 37-year-old goalkeeper Roy Carroll, who currently plys his trade with League One Notts County.

Finland have Brondby forward Teemu Pukki leading their line in Scotland. The vastly-experienced Roman Eremenko also starts in a forward position, while Ajax centre-back Niklas Moisander will skipper the visitors.

Northern Ireland have won three of their four group matches thus far to sit second behind leaders Romania, but Finland have taken just four points from their four games.

NI: Carroll; C McLaughlin, McAuley, Evans, Baird; Davis, Brunt, Norwood; Ward, Lafferty, McGinn

Finland: Hradecky; Sorsa, Toivio, Moisander, Uronen; Ring, Sparv, Mattila; Hamalainen, Pukki, Eremenko

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