UEFA Nations League

FT Saturday, October 3, 2026
Scotland WLLDL 2
–
North Macedonia DDLLL 0
1st2ndT
SCO112
MKD000
Toše Proeski Arena · 8,256 att.

Match Report

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Sébastien Pocognoli gets first Scotland win against North Macedonia

Sassuolo forward Kieron Bowie broke his Scotland duck with a wonder strike to set Sébastien Pocognoli on the way to his first victory as head coach on a night of landmarks in North Macedonia for the dominant visitors.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
20
1
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
6
44
Possession
56
25
SHOTS
9
10
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
299
Accurate Passes
404
363
Passes
478
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
27
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.3
49
Long Balls
50
23
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
9
23
Effective Clearances
38
23
Clearances
38

Head to Head

SCO leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

MKD · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 6Visar MusliuCD
  3. 13Anes MeljichiCD-L
  4. 14Mario MladenovskiCD-R
  5. 8Luka StankovskiCM-L
  6. 16Matej GashtarovCM-R
  7. 3Sebastián HerreraLM
  8. 2Bojan IlievskiRM
  9. 9Bojan MiovskiF
  10. 7Eljif ElmasCF-L
  11. 10Enis BardhiCF-R

SCO · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Angus GunnG
  2. 16Scott McKennaCD
  3. 4Luis BinksCD-L
  4. 5Stephen WelshCD-R
  5. 8Billy GilmourCM-L
  6. 19Lewis FergusonCM-R
  7. 3Andy RobertsonLM
  8. 17Ben Gannon-DoakRM
  9. 20Kieron BowieF
  10. 9Oliver McBurnieCF-L
  11. 7John McGinnCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Oliver McBurnie (Scotland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 7' Goal! North Macedonia 0, Scotland 1. Kieron Bowie (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
  3. 10' Delay in match (Scotland).
  4. 10'
  5. 10' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  6. 10'
  7. 31' Substitution, North Macedonia. Jani Atanasov replaces Luka Stankovski.
  8. 31' Substitution, North Macedonia. Gjorge Dzhekov replaces Sebastián Herrera.
  9. 37' Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 37' Delay in match because of an injury Stephen Welsh (Scotland).
  11. 37'
  12. 38' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  13. 38'
  14. 44' Gjorge Dzhekov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 45'+1' Mario Mladenovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 45' Substitution, Scotland. Ryan Christie replaces Oliver McBurnie.
  17. 51'
  18. 54'
  19. 62' Substitution, North Macedonia. Agon Elezi replaces Enis Bardhi.
  20. 62' Substitution, North Macedonia. Ljupcho Doriev replaces Bojan Ilievski.
  21. 63'
  22. 68'
  23. 68' Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for handball.
  24. 69' Goal! North Macedonia 0, Scotland 2. John McGinn (Scotland) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  25. 75' Substitution, Scotland. Robbie Ure replaces Kieron Bowie.
  26. 76' Substitution, Scotland. Aaron Hickey replaces Ben Gannon-Doak.
  27. 79' Substitution, North Macedonia. Hristijan Maleski replaces Matej Gashtarov.
  28. 80' Anes Meliqi (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  29. 83' Scott McKenna (Scotland) is shown the red card.
  30. 85'
  31. 85'
  32. 88' Substitution, Scotland. Luke Graham replaces Billy Gilmour.

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