UEFA European Championship Qualifying

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

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
North Macedonia
  • 50': Eljif Elmas
  • 68': Eljif Elmas
FT
2 - 1
Slovenia
  • 90'+5': Josip Ilicic (P)

About

North Macedonia are hosting Slovenia 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.
  • 4': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Josip Ilicic (Slovenia).
  • 6': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Jure Balkovec.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross following a corner.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Verbic.
  • 7': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Kire Ristevski.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross.
  • 8': Offside, North Macedonia. Ezgjan Alioski tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
  • 10': Hand ball by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
  • 13': Attempt missed. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
  • 13': Foul by Aljaz Struna (Slovenia).
  • 13': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Arijan Ademi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilija Nestorovski.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Verbic (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
  • 20': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Arijan Ademi.
  • 21': Foul by Jure Balkovec (Slovenia).
  • 21': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Attempt saved. Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 24': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
  • 26': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
  • 26': Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 27': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 30': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Roman Bezjak (Slovenia).
  • 34': Foul by Rene Krhin (Slovenia).
  • 34': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
  • 39': Foul by Roman Bezjak (Slovenia).
  • 39': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefan Ristovski.
  • 42': Foul by Goran Pandev (North Macedonia).
  • 42': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 43': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  • 45': Hand ball by Miha Mevlja (Slovenia).
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+2': Offside, North Macedonia. Eljif Elmas tries a through ball, but Boban Nikolov is caught offside.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Slovenia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 0, Slovenia 0.
  • 47': Foul by Roman Bezjak (Slovenia).
  • 47': Kire Ristevski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 48': Substitution, Slovenia. Denis Popovic replaces Rene Krhin because of an injury.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski following a set piece situation.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Jasmin Kurtic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 50': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Slovenia 0. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Goran Pandev with a through ball.
  • 52': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Slovenia).
  • 52': Attempt missed. Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 53': Foul by Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia).
  • 53': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Foul by Denis Popovic (Slovenia).
  • 54': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Denis Popovic (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
  • 57': Attempt saved. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
  • 59': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 59': Foul by Jure Balkovec (Slovenia).
  • 59': Attempt saved. Kire Ristevski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross.
  • 60': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
  • 60': Jan Oblak (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Stefan Spirovski.
  • 65': Substitution, Slovenia. Miha Zajc replaces Benjamin Verbic.
  • 66': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ivan Trickovski replaces Goran Pandev.
  • 67': Attempt saved. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roman Bezjak.
  • 67': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
  • 68': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Slovenia 0. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arijan Ademi with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 71': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Roman Bezjak.
  • 73': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
  • 73': Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jasmin Kurtic.
  • 75': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Foul by Miha Zajc (Slovenia).
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Stefan Spirovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 78': Substitution, North Macedonia. Kristijan Tosevski replaces Arijan Ademi.
  • 78': Attempt missed. Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 79': Substitution, Slovenia. Robert Beric replaces Roman Bezjak.
  • 80': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
  • 80': Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 82': Substitution, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov replaces Stefan Ristovski.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Miha Zajc (Slovenia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Beric.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Denis Popovic (Slovenia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 89': Hand ball by Josip Ilicic (Slovenia).
  • 90'+1': Corner, Slovenia. Conceded by Stefan Spirovski.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Jure Balkovec (Slovenia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 90'+2': Offside, Slovenia. Jure Balkovec tries a through ball, but Andraz Sporar is caught offside.
  • 90'+4': Penalty Slovenia. Miha Zajc draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+4': Penalty conceded by Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+4': Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Goal! North Macedonia 2, Slovenia 1. Josip Ilicic (Slovenia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 2, Slovenia 1.
  • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 2, Slovenia 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
6 Corner Kicks 2
3 Saves 3
53.9 Possession 46.1
12 SHOTS 13
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
371 Accurate Passes 309
458 Passes 399
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 4
26 Crosses 10
0.1 Cross % 0.4
49 Long Balls 58
22 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 12
15 Tackles 18
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 11
15 Effective Clearances 25
15 Clearances 25

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 16,500

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 (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
6 Visar Musliu Yellow Card
4 Kire Ristevski
13 Stefan Ristovski Yellow Card
5 Arijan Ademi
20 Stefan Spirovski
21 Eljif Elmas
8 Ezgjan Alioski
16 Boban Nikolov
23 Ilija Nestorovski
10 Goran Pandev Yellow Card
North Macedonia Substitutes:
Mario Mladenovski, Ljupco Doriev, Ivan Trickovski, Vlatko Stojanovski, Gjorgji Stoilov, Dejan Iliev, Damjan Siskovski, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Kristijan Tosevski, Gjoko Zajkov, Marjan Radeski.

SVN Slovenia (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
1 Jan Oblak (GK)
17 Miha Mevlja
5 Aljaz Struna
3 Jure Balkovec
20 Petar Stojanovic
8 Jasmin Kurtic Yellow Card
6 Rene Krhin
21 Benjamin Verbic
14 Roman Bezjak
9 Andraz Sporar
7 Josip Ilicic
Slovenia Substitutes:
Tim Matavz, Miha Blazic, Nejc Vidmar, Denis Popovic, Zan Majer, Robert Beric, Vid Belec, Jaka Bijol, Miha Zajc, Erik Janza, Adam Gnezda Cerin, Uros Korun.

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