The World Cup qualifier at residence to Germany in October might give indication of how Northern Eire would possibly line up in opposition to a number one nation with out Bradley of their line-up.
After a starring position within the win over Slovakia within the earlier match, he picked up a yellow card which dominated him out of the Germany recreation by suspension.
On that event, it was Spencer who was tasked with filling in at right-back as Hume retained his spot within the centre of a again three.
The step up in opposition positively performed a task too, however Northern Eire had been definitely much less dynamic than in opposition to Slovakia, as they missed the drive Bradley presents going ahead.
Digging into the numbers, Spencer stacked up properly in opposition to the Liverpool man. Bradley received 4 fouls in opposition to Slovakia, whereas Spencer received two in opposition to Germany.
These stats are flipped for fouls conceded, and Spencer made 24 passes with a 67.7% success price, whereas Bradley had 52.9% success price from 39 makes an attempt in opposition to the Slovaks.
Within the BBC Sport participant rater, the place BBC Sport readers can have their say on the sport, Bradley was prime rated at 8.90 in opposition to Slovakia whereas Spencer was at 6.68 in opposition to Germany – when Ballard was the best with 7.79.
Albeit away from residence, Northern Eire shall be hoping for the same degree of efficiency to the Germany recreation – simply with a special consequence.
