European qualifiers: 'We're taking one step at a time' says Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill is not getting ahead of himself as he prepares his Northern Ireland squad for Tuesday’s European qualifier against Greece in Piraeus.

For the first time in 46 years, the Irish have opened a qualifying campaign with back-to-back victories which leaves them top of Group F with a maximum six points.

Our objective is to try and finish in those top three positions

The third game against Greece is being staged at the Karaiskakis Stadium with manager O’Neill simply saying he is taking ‘one game at a time.’

Northern Ireland have never started with three straight wins but a triumph on Tuesday would take them eight points clear of struggling Greece – the European champions in 2004.

O'Neill admits: "There's a million stats out there but they're not a concern to us at all.

"It's about the 90 minutes, taking something from the game, all of the other stuff is totally irrelevant to me.

"Our aim hasn't changed just because we've had a good start and Greece have had a poor start, our objective is to try and finish in those top three positions.

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"We've never said we think we can win the group or anything like that but the belief is in this squad that they are more than capable of competing.

"I believe in the team. I think there is a sense that some people can get carried away. But you have to be sensible also and recognise that Greece are the number one seed in the group.

"When we looked at the fixtures when they came out and our best chances of getting points this wouldn't have been a game we would have looked at.

“But the start has given us the belief that we can come here and add to our points tally."

Northern Ireland's opening two games were against Hungary and the Faroe Islands.

Watch Greece v Northern Ireland live on Sky Sports 2 with coverage from 7.30pm on Tuesday.