England take on North Macedonia on Monday night in their final group C Euro 2024 qualifier. Gareth Southgate’s side have already booked their spot in Germany next summer and will be confident of beating the Balkan nation once again after their 7-0 rout at Old Trafford in June.
Here we take a closer look at the North Macedonia football stats as they prepare to take on England, who have a much higher squad value, at the Toše Proeski Arena in Skopje – in what the best UK betting sites suggests could be one another resounding victory for the Three Lions.
North Macedonia VS England Head-To-Head
North Macedonia and England have met five times previously with the Three Lions winning three of those games and the other two ending in stalemate. The first meeting between the nations came back in 2002, when Goran Pandev scored direct from a corner in a 2-2 draw at St Mary’s in a Euros qualifier.
More recently, North Macedonia were trounced 7-0 by England back in June with Arsenal’s star boy Bukayo Saka helping himself to a hat-trick, the first of his career. If you fancy Saka to repeat this feat on Monday, he can be backed at 50/1 with BetMGM in their Player Goals market.
- England 7-0 North Macedonia – June 2023 – Euro qualifier
- England 0-0 North Macedonia – October 2006 – Euro qualifier
- North Macedonia 0-1 England – September 2006 – Euro qualifier
- North Macedonia 1-2 England – September 2003 – Euro qualifier
- England 2-2 North Macedonia – October 2002 – Euro qualifier
Completing his first career hat-trick 🤩
A memorable night for @BukayoSaka87 when the #ThreeLions' last met North Macedonia. pic.twitter.com/SkDJopaHm4
— England (@England) November 9, 2023
North Macedonia Football Stats
- Total internationals played – 280
- Won – 88
- Drawn – 69
- Lost – 123
- Most caps – Goran Pandev (122)
- Most goals – Goran Pandev (38)
- Biggest win – 11-1 vs Liechtenstein – Nov 1996
- Biggest defeat 7-0 vs England – Jun 2023
- Highest FIFA ranking – 46 – Oct 2008
- Lowest FIFA ranking – 166 – Mar 2017
- Current FIFA ranking – 66 – Oct 2023
North Macedonia’s Current Squad And Management
North Macedonia’s current squad are based all over Europe with just one player currently employed in the Premier League. With that said, Burnley’s Darko Churlinov hasn’t yet featured in England’s top flight but he has made appearances in the Championship, FA Cup and EFL Cup.
A player who will be worth keeping an eye on is central midfielder Eljif Elmas, who has 12 goals in 52 appearances, one of the current top scorers in the squad. If you fancy the Napoli man to net first against England he can be backed at 5/1 with BetMGM in their Goal Scorer market.
The man opposite Gareth Southgate on Monday night is Blagoja Milevski, who has managed 25 games for the national side, winning ten times including a memorable victory over Italy in 2022. During his playing career, his most notable club he represented was Maribor, with whom he was a Slovenian cup winner in 1994.
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