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Oct 15, 2013 at 6pm UK
 
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Chris Brunt, Martin Paterson doubts for Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill insists that Chris Brunt and Martin Paterson's absences from training in Israel were "just precautionary".

Chris Brunt and Martin Paterson sat out Northern Ireland training on Sunday, but are not expected to be fitness concerns for their World Cup qualifier against Israel this week.

Both players were carrying minor injuries during the 2-0 defeat to Azerbaijan on Friday, and manager Michael O'Neill has insisted that their absence from the session was "just precautionary".

"Brunty and Martin won't be training but it is just precautionary and we expect both to be fine for the game," O'Neill told reporters.

"The lads who played can do very little work two days after a game anyway - it's more of a recovery session for them but the lads who didn't play can do a little more. The majority of work for the match will be done the day before the game."

O'Neill will definitely be without suspended trio Jonny Evans, Oliver Norwood and Gareth McAuley for the match in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, which will be the last of their Group F campaign.

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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

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Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

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Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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