Switzerland vs Northern Ireland live stream – How to watch World Cup play-off online

Northern Ireland are facing Switzerland in a World Cup play-off today, and they go into the crunch clash 1-0 down on aggregate.

Switzerland won the first leg of the play-off for the World Cup 2018, which took place in Belfast on Thursday.

Switzerland scored from the spot after a controversial penalty was awarded at Windsor Park.

The penalty was awarded after the ball hit Northern Ireland player Corry Evans’ shoulder.

The controversial decision meant Evans was handed his second yellow of the match, and is now ruled out of the clash in Basel today.

In the aftermath of the match, Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill said the penalty decision was “staggering”.

Asked whether he had seen a worse decision during his time as a manager, he said: “Certainly not in any of the games that I have been involved in, particularly at this level, no. It is staggering. 

“The ball clearly strikes Corry on the back and the referee has a clear view of the incident.”

“Corry’s arm is not above his head or in an unnatural position, it’s not away from his body and the ball didn’t even hit him in the arm. 

“It doesn’t qualify for any of the criteria for handball in the box. 

“I spent three hours in a conference with Uefa the other week on video assistant referees and when you see what happened tonight you would certainly be an advocate of it. 

“VARs should be used for anything that is a defining decision in the game, which is clearly what we saw tonight. 

“VARs would have cleared it up and said it’s clearly not a pen. 

“We have to deal with the decision and put it to the back of our minds and use it as a motivation for Sunday night.”

So, if you want to tune in to today’s World Cup qualifying play-off, here’s how to watch the clash online. 

How to Watch Switzerland vs Northern Ireland

Coverage of today’s World Cup play-off between Switzerland and Northern Ireland will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event (Sky channel 401, Sky HD 435, TalkTalk 402, BT TV 402, Virgin channel 511) and Sky Sports Football (Sky channel 403, Sky HD channel 439, Virgin channel 513, TalkTalk 404).

The pre-match build-up starts at 4.30pm and kick-off is set for 5pm.

This means that all the action can be followed on your desktop or laptop via the Sky Go app, which if you’re an existing customer, is also available on iOS and Android smartphone and tablet devices.

Sky Go is also available on a number of platforms including Amazon Fire devices, iPad, Mac computers and laptops, Playstation 3, PS4 and Xbox One.

The Sky Sports app, available to download on iOS and Android devices, will also be providing live text coverage and updates.

If you’re not currently a Sky Sports customer but can’t stand to miss out on the action, you can add the channels to your box via a NOW TV subscription.

Day passes, which let you add Sky Sports channels for 24 hours, start at £6.99 a day, with a weekly pass starting from £10.99, and no locking in to a contract.

NOW TV doesn’t even require a typical television to use, as it is also available on a NOW TV Box, Chromecast, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Roku, LG Smart TV, PC or Mac, and selected mobile and tablet devices.