Overview

• Kick-off is 19:45 BST at Windsor Park, with live coverage on BBC One NI and BBC iPlayer plus BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Sport live text.
• Northern Ireland have three points from their first two games and are unbeaten in their last six at Windsor Park, conceding only once in that span.
• Manager Michael O’Neill says securing maximum home points is essential to their qualification push in an increasingly open group.
• Slovakia arrive unbeaten, though key players Stanislav Lobotka and David Hancko are reported as injury doubts pending confirmation at team line-ups.
• Bookmakers price a close match, with indicative odds around Northern Ireland 6/4, Slovakia 21/10 and the draw 15/8.