A ball into the hosts' box sees Satkus competing with Lewis, but the Lithuania defender's protests for a penalty are waved away by the referee.
90' +3
McNair's been hobbling about for the last few minutes and looks to have picked up a knock, but he seems determined to stay on and help his teammates see out this win.
90' +1
We're into five minutes of stoppage time as Northern Ireland look to close out this game, hanging onto their slim lead.
90'
Novikovas looks to get away from Lewis off a corner, before Vaitkunas unleashes an absolute howler of a shot that flies high and wide of Peacock-Farrell's goal.
89'
Novikovas cuts inside Lewis and looks to shoot, but his effort from the edge of the box is blocked almost immediately by Cathcart and the chance dissipates.
88'
J. Jones enters the game and replaces C. Washington.
Washington's been very impressive for the hosts, and comes off for Jordan Jones.
87'
D. Barauskas gets yellow.
Barauskas clatters into Dallas, and is give the game's first yellow card just three minutes from time!
Verbickas also comes off, and Domantas Šimkus enters the fray.
86'
V. Armanavičius enters the game and replaces L. Mėgelaitis.
D. Šimkus enters the game and replaces O. Verbickas.
Mėgelaitis is the next to robe replaced for Lithuania, and it's by Vilius Armanavičius.
84'
A smart ball forward is flicked on by Davis, but Lewis can't get to the ball in time and it rolls out for a Lithuania throw.
82'
Evans wins the ball deep inside Lithuania's half and looks to set up Washington. His shot on the turn is deflected and the hosts win a corner!
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80'
D. Kazlauskas enters the game and replaces K. Laukžemis.
Laukžemis is withdrawn for Lithuania, and Donatas Kazlauskas is his replacement.
79'
Taylor surges forward and dribbles into the box, looking to round Gaspuitis and winning a corner!
78'
D. Taylor enters the game and replaces J. Magennis.
Magennis has been unlucky not to get on the scoresheet, but his night's over as 17-year-old Dale Taylor comes on for his senior debut in his place.
77'
Magennis looks to create a chance down the right, but Barauskas illegally puts paid to that by fouling the Northern Ireland striker.
75'
V. Gašpuitis enters the game and replaces M. Dapkus.
Dapkus' night ends, with him coming off injured and Vytas Gašpuitis taking his place.
71'
Washington cuts inside to create shooting space, and lets fly with a strong shot that's straight into the waiting arms of Setkus.
70'
C. Evans enters the game and replaces G. Saville.
J. Lewis enters the game and replaces S. Ferguson.
Ferguson is also withdrawn, and Newcastle's Jamal Lewis takes his place on the left side.
Ian Barraclough makes his first rotations to the side as Saville comes off for Corry Evans.
66'
McNair slips whilst in possession and Lithuania capitalise. The ball ends up with Novikovas, who jinks in and out of challenges before firing straight at Peacock-Farrell, who saves with little trouble.
62'
Magennis has the ball on the left and looks to cross, but the eventual ball resembles more of a shot and forces Setkus back into his goal as he palms the ball away from the net!!! That was going in too!
60'
Novikovas cuts inside and whips in a cross towards the box. It's looping and draws out Peacock-Farrell, who is miles out of his goal as he tips the ball behind for a corner!
56'
Lithuania try an out-ball towards Vaitkunas, but he's clattered from behind by Ferguson and wins a free-kick.
49'
Lasickas drives a shot across goal, but it's rather wayward and flies away to the left of Peacock-Farrell's net.
48'
A header forward towards Chernykh opens up a chance for the Lithuania midfielder to cross inside the box, but it's intercepted and cleared by Evans for a throw-in.
46'
Washington powers forward with the ball and has it on the edge of the box, but his cut-back to the advancing Saville is intercepted by Satkus and cleared.
We're back underway for the second half as Washington kicks off for Northern Ireland!
45' +2
HALF-TIME: NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 LITHUANIA.
45' +1
We'll play two more minutes of added time at the end of this first half.
45'
Savile is the next to have a go at the goal, but his shot is well wide after McNair showed some great skill to carve out a crossing opportunity.
44'
Lithuania have a good spell with the ball as the drive forward, but the ball from Lasickas towards Chernykh is too short, and McCann cuts it out.
41'
The hosts create another attacking opportunity and the ball falls to Ferguson, who fires a shot against the back of Vaitkunas for another corner!
37'
The away side look to carve out an attacking opportunity and Vaitkunas' cross does well to find Laukzemis. His touch lets him down though, and Cathcart is easily able to dispossess the Lithuania striker.
35'
Vaitkunas is down after a collision with Washington, and the Lithuania right-back is receiving extensive treatment.
33'
Lithuania look to break with a long ball forward, and Laukzemis' knock-down eventualy finds the sprinting Barauskas. He looks to cross, but Dallas gets back brilliantly to win the ball and not concede the corner.
31'
McNair wins a loose ball and feeds Saville. He looks for options, and the Northern Ireland centre-back has peeled wide on his continuing forward run. McNair is found, and looks to cross, winning a corner from a Dapkus deflection.
30'
Dallas crosses into the box and Vaitkunas nonchalantly chests the ball back to the goalkeeper. Setkus gathers it just in time though, as Ferguson was waiting to pounce on the loose ball.
26'
Magennis tracks a Saville ball forward and looks to get around Dapkus, but the Lithuania defender has the measure of him and clears the danger with ease.
24'
Ferguson drops his shoulder and charges forward into the box. He floats in a low cross towards Magennis, but it's headed away by Satkus.
17'
B. Šatkus is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
OH NO!!! It's an own goal!!! Ferguson wins a corner and takes it, and Šatkus gets his bearings all mixed up and the ball bounces off the back of his head and into the net!!! It's comical for Lithuania, but the home side won't care and Northern Ireland lead 1-0!!!
15'
Had that prior Washington shot gone in, it would've been his third goal in his last five internationals. He'd only scored two in his previous 26 appearances for Northern Ireland.
14'
A cross from the left is aimed for the inbound Lasickas at the far post, but the Lithuania winger can't arrive in time to get a good connection and pokes his shot wide of the post.
9'
Evans looks for the run of Dallas with a long ball forward, and the Leeds man forces a corner from a Satkus deflection.
5'
Magennis is brought down once more by Dapkus, but this free-kick is in a far more dangerous position.
3'
Magennis looks to find Washington in the six-yard box, but his shot from a tight angle is easily grasped by Setkus in the Lithuania goal.
2'
Dallas and Magennis look to link up down the right, but the Northern Ireland striker is pushed over illegally by Dapkus and wins the foul.
1'
Lithuania's Laukzemis gets us underway, and the game begins!
That's all from us, we'll see you for the next international. Goodbye!
It's a win that doesn't mean a lot in terms of World Cup qualification, but it's one that sends Ian Baraclough's side third in Group C, and ensures that their disappointing campaign won't see them finish bottom of the table! That's more than can be said for Lithuania, who don't have any more games to play and will finish rock-bottom in the group.
FULL-TIME: NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 LITHUANIA.
The teams are on their way back out, and Northern Ireland are just 45 minutes away from a first home win of 2021!
The teams stand before the national anthems at Windsor Park, and kick-off isn’t far away now!
LITHUANIA (4-2-3-1): Ernestas Setkus; Egidijus Vaitkunas, Benas Satkus, Martynas Dapkus, Dominykas Barauskas; Linas Megelaitis, Fedor Chernykh; Justas Lasickas, Ovidijus Verbickas, Arvydas Novikovas; Karolis Laukzemis.
NORTHERN IRELAND SUBS: Conor Hazard, Luke Southwood, Conor Bradley, Jamal Lewis, Tom Flanagan, Niall McGinn, Dale Taylor, Corry Evans, Jordan Jones, Gavin Whyte, Ethan Galbraith, Ciaron Brown.
NORTHERN IRELAND (3-5-2): Bailey Peacock-Farrell; Paddy McNair, Jonny Evans, Craig Cathcart; Stuart Dallas, Alistair McCann, Steven Davis, George Saville, Shane Ferguson; Josh Magennis, Conor Washington.
Lithuania, despite already losing 4-1 to Northern Ireland in Vilnius, would dump the hosts to the bottom of Group C with a win at Windsor Park. Both sides have only picked up one win apiece so far in these qualifiers.
It’s a battle of the also-rans in this game, with neither side able to qualify for Qatar 2022 ahead of runaway leaders Italy and Switzerland. Hosts Northern Ireland could, however, leapfrog third-placed Bulgaria with a win in this game.
Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this FIFA World Cup Qualifier, between Northern Ireland and Lithuania in Group C.
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