Northern Ireland's Jonny Evans says he feels as if he is in the middle of his season after an injury-interrupted campaign for Leicester City.

The defender and his side face Cyprus in their second Nations League match on Sunday after a 1-0 loss to Greece.

Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough has been critical of a busy schedule of four matches in 10 days.

But Evans, 34, welcomed them as he said: "I am probably in a different position to a few of the boys.

"I had a long injury over the Christmas period and, for me, it kind of feels like I am hitting the middle of my own season.

"My break will probably come in November time when the Premier League breaks up for the World Cup. That will be like my end of the season, that's the way I'm trying to look at it. I still feel like I am getting back to peak fitness.

"I probably played four games like these in a similar time frame towards the end of the season with the European games that I had with Leicester, so I feel like I am in a good place to play these games and that I will be better for it afterwards."