O'NEILL'S IN SUSPENDED DISBELIEF

MICHAEL O'NEILL will go into Northern Ireland's final World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg carefully managing four players on a yellow card despite not knowing for certain if they risk suspension for the playoff to come in March.

- BY IAN PARKER:

NORTHERN IRELAND v LUXEMBOURG Group A, Tonight 7.45pm

Trai Hume, Justin Devenny, Josh Magennis and Jamie Reid have all picked up a yellow card in this campaign.

And although O'Neill (above) assumes another booking tonight would rule them out in March, he has not had an answer from UEFA.