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Northern Ireland have lost just one of their last six games against Germany, and have scored first in each match.

Northern Ireland have lost just one of their last six games against Germany, and have scored first in each match.

November 17th, 1982 - European Championship qualifier, Windsor Park: Northern Ireland 1 West Germany 0. Ian Stewart scored the goal on his home debut to record one of Northern Ireland's finest nights at Windsor Park.

November 16th, 1983 - European Championship qualifier, Hamburg: West Germany 0 Northern Ireland 1. Northern Ireland proved their victory a year earlier was no fluke when Billy Bingham's boys won again thanks to a Norman Whiteside strike.

June 2nd, 1992 - Friendly, Bremen: Germany 1 Northern Ireland 1. Michael Hughes gave the Irish the lead with the goal which secured his move to Strasbourg from Manchester City.

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May 29th, 1996 - Friendly, Windsor Park: Northern Ireland 1 Germany 1. George O'Boyle scored his only international goal in this Euro '96 warm-up game for the Germans, who missed two penalties.

November 6th, 1996 - World Cup qualifier, Nuremberg: Germany 1 Northern Ireland 1. Gerry Taggart headed the Irish in front just before half-time, only for Andy Moeller to equalise almost straight away.

August 20th, 1997 - World Cup qualifier, Windsor Park: Northern Ireland 1 Germany 3. Northern Ireland sensed another famous upset after Michael Hughes scored with just over half an hour remaining, but Oliver Bierhoff then came off the bench to score a hat-trick in seven minutes.