N Ireland 0 – 1 Greece

Northern Ireland are still searching for their first Nations League win after they succumbed to a 1-0 home defeat to Greece at Windsor Park in their opening League C2 group game.

Ian Baraclough’s men have never had a happy relationship with the competition; their record makes for miserable reading having now played 11, drawn two, lost nine and won none – scoring only six and conceding 19 along the way.

Northern Ireland started as top seeds in their group having dropped to League C but with hope of finding a way to the European play-offs, they fell to defeat courtesy of Anastasios Bakasetas’s well-taken 39th-minute finish.

The hosts only mustered two shots on target all evening and must regroup ahead of facing Cyprus away from home on Sunday.

More to follow…

What’s next?

Northern Ireland continue their UEFA Nations League Group C2 campaign by visiting Cyprus at the AEK Arena on Sunday June 5 (kick-off 5pm) while Greece travel to face Kosovo on the same evening at the Prishtina City Stadium at 7.45pm.