Northern Ireland vs Bulgaria live stream: How to watch World Cup qualifier online and on TV tonight
All you need to know ahead of tonight’s World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Northern Ireland face Bulgaria this evening looking to kick-start their World Cup qualifying campaign under manager Ian Baraclough.
The hosts opened Group C with a 2-0 loss to Italy last week, before they were defeated 2-1 in a friendly match against the United States of America on Sunday.
Baraclough is without a win in 90 minutes as Northern Ireland boss since taking charge of the team, a run which now stretches to 10 games, while captain Steven Davis is set to earn a record-breaking 126th cap for the national side.
Bulgaria will also be looking for their first points of the campaign after they fell to losses in each of their opening two games. The visitors were defeated by Switzerland in their game on Thursday before they also beaten 2-0 by the Italians.
Here’s everything you need to know about this evening’s fixture.
Read more:
We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content.
When is it?
The match will kick off tonight at 7.45pm GMT.
How can I watch it?
The game will air live on Sky Sports Football. Subscribers can also stream it live on the Sky Sports website and SkyGo app. If you’re not a Sky customer you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.
Confirmed line-ups
Northern Ireland: Peacock-Farrell, Cathcart, Evans, D Ballard, Lewis, McNair, Davis, Saville, Dallas, Whyte, Magennis
Bulgaria: Naumov; P Hristov, Antov, Chochev; A Hristov, Vutov, Kostadinov, Despodov, Tsvetanov; Yomov, Galabinov
Odds
Northern Ireland: 10/11
Draw: 21/10
Bulgaria: 18/5
Prediction
Northern Ireland 1-1 Bulgaria.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments