FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Sunday, June 11, 2017
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North Macedonia LLWWD 1
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Toše Proeski Arena · 20,675 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Spain see out narrow win against Macedonia to stay top

David Silva and Diego Costa were on target but Spain made hard work of seeing off Macedonia in Skopje.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
4
77.3
Possession
22.7
19
SHOTS
5
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
727
Accurate Passes
157
793
Passes
224
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
46
50
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.9
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
2
10
Effective Tackles
15
17
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
5
Effective Clearances
24
5
Clearances
24

Head to Head

ESP leads series 4-0

Lineups

MKD · 5-3-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 6Vance SikovCD
  3. 4Kire RistevskiCD-L
  4. 5Daniel MojsovCD-R
  5. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  6. 2Kristijan TosevskiRB
  7. 17Ostoja StjepanovicCM
  8. 20Stefan SpirovskiCM-L
  9. 13Stefan RistovskiCM-R
  10. 10Goran PandevCF-L
  11. 23Ilija NestorovskiCF-R

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 15Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 10Thiago AlcantaraLM
  8. 22IscoRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 6Andrés IniestaLF
  11. 21David SilvaRF

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Macedonia 0, Spain 1. David Silva (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  2. 27' Goal! Macedonia 0, Spain 2. Diego Costa (Spain) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Isco.
  3. 35' Goran Pandev (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Macedonia. Eljif Elmas replaces Ostoja Stjepanovic.
  5. 64' Daniel Mojsov (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Goal! Macedonia 1, Spain 2. Stefan Ristovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
  7. 67' David Silva (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 69' Substitution, Spain. Pedro replaces David Silva.
  9. 71' Jordi Alba (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 74' Substitution, Spain. Koke replaces Thiago Alcántara.
  11. 74' Substitution, Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Kristijan Tosevski.
  12. 78' Eljif Elmas (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Macedonia. Ivan Trickovski replaces Daniel Mojsov.
  14. 87' Vance Sikov (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+2' Substitution, Spain. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  16. 90'+4' Kire Ristevski (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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