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.
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.
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