Match Report
Slovenia (2nd, 22 pts) visited Northern Ireland (5th, 9 pts) with 13 points between them. Northern Ireland had been under-performing their position — 34th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Northern Ireland were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.3, Slovenia 2 and 0.9, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Slovenia arrived on a run of three straight wins. From the last five rounds, Northern Ireland held 3 points of 15 and Slovenia 10.
The venue was Windsor Park in Belfast, with room for 24,734 spectators. Slovenia led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.