Northern Ireland v Hungary (29/03/2022)

Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough has used a total of 32 players in his 20 internationals in charge and given debuts to seven players, four of whom are in tonight’s panel to face Hungary. The full list is: Daniel Ballard (04.09.2020) v Romania - UEFA Nations League Ali McCann (15.11.2020) v Austria - Nations League Matty Kennedy (18.11.2020) v Romania - Nations League Dion Charles (28.03.2021) v USA - Friendly Conor Bradley (30.05.2021) v Malta - Friendly Sam McClelland (03.06.2021) v Ukraine - Friendly Dale Taylor (12.11.2021) v Lithuania - FIFA World Cup Qualifier

Northern Ireland have played Hungary on six previous occasions, the last being the Euro 2016 qualifier in Belfast when a dramatic injury time goal by Kyle Lafferty secured Michael O’Neill’s side a point . The full list of games are: 19 Oct 1988 (WCQ) – Budapest – lost 0-1 06 Sep 1989 (WCQ) – Belfast – lost 1-2 (Norman Whiteside 89’ ) 26 Apr 2000 (Fr) – Belfast – lost 0-1 19 Nov 2008 (Fr) – Belfast – lost 0-2 07 Sep 2014 – Budapest – won 2-1 (Niall McGinn 81’, Kyle Lafferty 88’ ) 07 Sep 2015 – Belfast – drew 1-1 (Kyle Lafferty 90+3’ )

Tonight will be Northern Ireland’s 261st full international match at Windsor Park since the

inaugural game took place at the stadium on 19 March 1910. That day Ireland defeated Scotland in a British Championship match in front of 17,000 spectators with Cliftonville’s Frank Thompson scoring the only goal of the game. Northern Ireland’s full international record at the stadium is: P W D L F A 260 97 61 102 323 358

A total of 38 players have scored for Northern Ireland when coming on as a substitute in a full international match. The first player to do so was Billy Johnston who found the net 26 minutes after being introduced in a friendly clash with Mexico in Belfast which ended in a 4-1 victory for the home side (June 1966) . The last substitute to score was Shane Ferguson who celebrated winning his 50th cap in style when he hit a ‘worldie’ in what was the only goal of the game in Estonia last September. The Northern Ireland player with the most goals as a substitute is Josh Magennis with exactly half of his eight international goals being scored when coming off the bench.

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All information was correct prior to the friendly against Luxembourg on Friday