Northern Ireland 2-0 Belarus · UEFA Nations League
Northern Ireland beat Belarus 2-0 in the UEFA Nations League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Northern Ireland and Belarus met in the UEFA Nations League at Windsor Park in Belfast on Friday, 15 November 2024.
Goalscorers
Northern Ireland: D. Ballard 50'; D. Charles 63'. Belarus did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Northern Ireland, 3 for Belarus).
Line-ups
Northern Ireland started in a 3-4-1-2: Pierce Charles, Trai Hume, Daniel Ballard, Ciaron Brown, Conor Bradley, Ali McCann, Shea Charles, Brodie Spencer, Isaac Price, Paul Smyth, Dion Charles.
Belarus started in a 5-3-2: Fedor Lapoukhov, Vadim Pigas, Aleksandr Martynovich, S. Politevich, Pavel Zabelin, Kirill Pechenin, Evgeniy Yablonskiy, Aleksandr Selyava, Valeriy Gromyko, German Barkovskiy, Yevgeniy Shikavka.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Northern Ireland 0-0 Belarus.
- 50'Goal! Northern Ireland 1-0 Belarus. D. Ballard (Northern Ireland) scores, assisted by S. Charles.
- 61'VAR: no penalty for Northern Ireland.
- 63'Goal! Northern Ireland 2-0 Belarus. D. Charles (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty.
- 90'Full-time. Northern Ireland 2-0 Belarus.
Full commentary (38 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Northern Ireland vs Belarus.
- 14'Attempt saved. D. Charles (Northern Ireland), left-footed shot. xG 0.16.
- 25'Attempt missed. S. Charles (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
- 27'Attempt missed. B. Spencer (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.47.
- 29'Attempt missed. I. Price (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Northern Ireland 0-0 Belarus.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Attempt missed. D. Charles (Northern Ireland), header. xG 0.11.
- 48'Attempt missed. A. Martynovich (Belarus), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.08.
- 50'Goal! Northern Ireland 1-0 Belarus. D. Ballard (Northern Ireland) scores, assisted by S. Charles.
- 59'Yellow card for K. Pechenin (Belarus).
- 61'VAR: no penalty for Northern Ireland.
- 62'Substitution, Belarus: D. Antilevski comes on for G. Barkovskiy.
- 62'Substitution, Belarus: M. Ebong comes on for A. Selyava.
- 62'Substitution, Belarus: V. Klimovich comes on for E. Yablonskiy.
- 63'Goal! Northern Ireland 2-0 Belarus. D. Charles (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty.
- 67'Yellow card for V. Gromyko (Belarus).
- 70'Attempt blocked. D. Antilevski (Belarus), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 72'Substitution, Belarus: D. Prishchepa comes on for K. Pechenin.
- 72'Substitution, Belarus: N. Demchenko comes on for V. Gromyko.
- 73'Attempt missed. Y. Shikavka (Belarus), header from a set piece. xG 0.05.
- 76'Substitution, Northern Ireland: J. Magennis comes on for D. Charles.
- 76'Substitution, Northern Ireland: J. Reid comes on for P. Smyth.
- 76'Substitution, Northern Ireland: G. Saville comes on for D. Ballard.
- 76'Yellow card for D. Antilevski (Belarus).
- 79'Attempt missed. I. Price (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 81'Attempt missed. J. Reid (Northern Ireland), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 82'Attempt saved. Y. Shikavka (Belarus), left-footed shot. xG 0.11.
- 83'Attempt blocked. V. Pigas (Belarus), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 86'Yellow card for P. Charles (Northern Ireland).
- 86'Substitution, Northern Ireland: R. McConville comes on for I. Price.
- 88'Yellow card for C. Brown (Northern Ireland).
- 90'Substitution, Northern Ireland: B. Lyons comes on for C. Bradley.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+4'Attempt saved. G. Saville (Northern Ireland), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 90+5'Attempt missed. D. Prishchepa (Belarus), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 90'Full-time. Northern Ireland 2-0 Belarus.