Smyth Out Of Ni's World Cup Qualifiers And Lyons A Doubt

Paul Smyth will miss Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg and Germany done injury.

Winger Smyth was injured aft scoring for QPR successful their 3-1 Championship triumph against Charlton Athletic connected Saturday.

Kilmarnock midfielder Brad Lyons is besides a awesome uncertainty aft he picked up a sound successful his side's 2-2 tie pinch Motherwell successful nan Scottish Premiership.

NI leader Michael O'Neill is already contending pinch a agelong wounded database successful this world model arsenic he is without goalkeepers Pierce Charles and Conor Hazard, defenders Daniel Ballard, Brodie Spencer and Ciaron Brown arsenic good arsenic midfielder Jordan Thompson.

"Naturally we're disappointed to person these injuries but we person a good, young, resilient squad and we're looking guardant to testing ourselves against bully guidance this week," O'Neill said successful a squad update issued by nan IFA connected Monday.

Uncapped trio Kofi Balmer, Ryan Johnson and Jamie McDonnell were called into nan squad connected Friday arsenic replacements for Ballard and Spencer, but location are nary further additions to nan squad aft Smyth's withdrawal.

Northern Ireland statesman their World Cup qualifying run successful Luxembourg connected Thursday, 4 September.

They recreation to Cologne to return connected Germany successful their 2nd Group A crippled connected Sunday, 7 September.