UEFA European Championship Qualifying

North Macedonia vs Israel, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
North Macedonia
  • 45'+2': Boban Nikolov
FT
1 - 0
Israel

    About

    North Macedonia are hosting Israel at Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 2': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tihomir Kostadinov.
    • 2': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Ariel Harush.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Dia Saba (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Munas Dabbur.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Munas Dabbur (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
    • 15': Attempt saved. Eli Dasa (Israel) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eran Zahavi.
    • 15': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
    • 16': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Enis Bardhi.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Eytan Tibi (Israel) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bibras Natcho with a cross following a corner.
    • 17': Eran Zahavi (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
    • 19': Attempt missed. Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 22': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Eli Dasa.
    • 22': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Munas Dabbur.
    • 23': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Munas Dabbur (Israel).
    • 26': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Ilay Elmkies.
    • 28': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Sun Menachem.
    • 29': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
    • 29': Ilay Elmkies (Israel) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 29': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 31': Foul by Ilay Elmkies (Israel).
    • 31': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 32': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Sun Menachem.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a cross.
    • 32': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 35': Foul by Dan Glazer (Israel).
    • 35': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Dan Glazer (Israel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 35': Foul by Dia Saba (Israel).
    • 35': Kire Ristevski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Dia Saba (Israel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 37': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from long range on the left from a direct free kick.
    • 41': Substitution, Israel. Orel Dgani replaces Eli Dasa because of an injury.
    • 42': Eran Zahavi (Israel) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 44': Attempt missed. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 45': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Munas Dabbur (Israel).
    • 45': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Foul by Orel Dgani (Israel).
    • 45'+1': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
    • 45'+2': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Israel 0. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, North Macedonia 1, Israel 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 1, Israel 0.
    • 46': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Dan Glazer.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Vlatko Stojanovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Bibras Natcho (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 50': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dia Saba with a cross.
    • 51': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Ilay Elmkies.
    • 52': Offside, North Macedonia. Tihomir Kostadinov tries a through ball, but Enis Bardhi is caught offside.
    • 53': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Foul by Munas Dabbur (Israel).
    • 54': Attempt saved. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Visar Musliu.
    • 55': Eytan Tibi (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
    • 56': Attempt saved. Eran Zahavi (Israel) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dia Saba.
    • 59': Substitution, Israel. Dolev Hazizia replaces Ilay Elmkies.
    • 60': Dan Glazer (Israel) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
    • 60': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ilija Nestorovski replaces Vlatko Stojanovski.
    • 63': Foul by Dan Glazer (Israel).
    • 63': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Sun Menachem (Israel).
    • 64': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tihomir Kostadinov.
    • 68': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Orel Dgani (Israel).
    • 68': Substitution, Israel. Shon Weissman replaces Dia Saba.
    • 70': Offside, Israel. Munas Dabbur tries a through ball, but Eran Zahavi is caught offside.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Eran Zahavi (Israel) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 72': Substitution, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov replaces Darko Velkoski.
    • 74': Hand ball by Sun Menachem (Israel).
    • 79': Substitution, North Macedonia. Daniel Avramovski replaces Goran Pandev.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Dolev Hazizia (Israel) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 81': Foul by Dolev Hazizia (Israel).
    • 81': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 82': Foul by Sun Menachem (Israel).
    • 82': Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 82': Sun Menachem (Israel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 85': Offside, Israel. Bibras Natcho tries a through ball, but Eran Zahavi is caught offside.
    • 87': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Shon Weissman (Israel).
    • 88': Munas Dabbur (Israel) is shown the yellow card.
    • 89': Corner, Israel. Conceded by Kire Ristevski.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 1, Israel 0.
    • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 1, Israel 0.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 5
    4 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    4 Corner Kicks 9
    4 Saves 5
    56.6 Possession 43.4
    10 SHOTS 15
    5 ON GOAL 5
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    439 Accurate Passes 294
    539 Passes 399
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    3 Accurate Crosses 1
    17 Crosses 21
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    69 Long Balls 50
    38 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    18 Effective Tackles 9
    20 Tackles 21
    0.9 Tackle % 0.4
    17 Interceptions 16
    15 Effective Clearances 12
    15 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
    Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
    Attendance: 5,573

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Hungary 8 +9 18
    2 Serbia 8 +6 14
    3 Montenegro 8 -2 11
    4 Lithuania 8 -6 6
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    MKD North Macedonia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    14 Darko Velkoski
    6 Visar Musliu
    4 Kire Ristevski
    13 Stefan Ristovski
    10 Goran Pandev
    17 Enis Bardhi Yellow Card
    16 Boban Nikolov
    18 Vlatko Stojanovski
    21 Eljif Elmas
    7 Tihomir Kostadinov
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Daniel Avramovski, Dejan Iliev, Gjoko Zajkov, Nikola Gjorgjev, Ilija Nestorovski, Krste Velkovski, Kristijan Tosevski, Damjan Siskovski.

    ISR Israel (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Ariel Harush (GK)
    4 Nir Bitton
    21 Eitan Tibi
    19 Sun Menachem Yellow Card
    2 Eli Dasa
    3 Dan Glazer Yellow Card
    22 Ilay Elmkies
    6 Bibras Natcho
    7 Eran Zahavi
    9 Munas Dabbur Yellow Card
    10 Dia Saba Yellow Card
    Israel Substitutes:
    Biram Kiyal, Dolev Hazizia, Yonatan Cohen, Raz Shlomo, Ofir Marciano, Shon Weissman, Orel Dgani, Gavriel Kanichowsky, Yoav Gerafi, Neta Lavi, Omri Ben Harush.

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