Ruairi McConville is an option to start for Northern Ireland as they target promotion.

The men in green will go up from UEFA National League C if they avoid defeat in Luxembourg tonight.

McConville, who plays centre-back for Albion under-21s, went on as sub late in their win over Belarus for his first cap.

The only change to the Northern Ireland squad since Friday’s 2-0 success is the loss of defender Ciaron Brown, who is suspended.

With Paddy McNair and Eoin Toal already out, and Daniel Ballard managing his fitness after six weeks out with injury, it leaves boss Michael O’Neill low on depth for his favoured back three.

But it is an issue he believes his squad can cope with.

O’Neill said: “We have flexibility in our squad.

“Obviously there’s young Ruairi who came on for the last ten minutes of the game the other night.

“We’ve got Kofi Balmer playing for Motherwell and he’s playing in a back three, he’s also an option.

“We’ve got Brodie (Spencer) who can play in a back three, so I think we’ll be able to compensate. It’s who we do it with.

“We don’t want to disrupt the team too much, so it’s a question of getting the right feel for how the back three looks, and obviously making sure as a team that it doesn’t disrupt us.

“I don’t think it will. We’re starting to get options in a lot of positions in this squad and I think we’ll be able to cope with that.”