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

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying

North Macedonia

85': Visar Musliu

FT
0 - 1

Poland

47': Krzysztof Piatek

Piatek helps Poland make it three wins in a row

Poland beat North Macedonia 1-0 away on Friday to remain top of Euro 2020 qualifying Group G with their third win in three games.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
1': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland).
3': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
3': Mateusz Klich (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': 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.
5': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
6': Attempt missed. Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski with a cross following a corner.
7': Offside, North Macedonia. Goran Pandev tries a through ball, but Eljif Elmas is caught offside.
8': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Egzon Bejtulai.
9': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
9': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Poland).
16': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
16': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland).
19': Egzon Bejtulai (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Kamil Grosicki (Poland).
20': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
20': Delay in match because of an injury Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
22': Foul by Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland).
22': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
25': Hand ball by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
26': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Enis Bardhi.
27': Foul by Kamil Glik (Poland).
27': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Kamil Glik (Poland).
28': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Kamil Glik (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
29': Foul by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
29': Mateusz Klich (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Egzon Bejtulai (North Macedonia).
29': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Attempt blocked. Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilija Nestorovski.
30': Foul by Mateusz Klich (Poland).
30': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
31': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski following a set piece situation.
32': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Stefan Ristovski.
33': Attempt missed. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mateusz Klich.
35': Foul by Tomasz Kedziora (Poland).
35': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Przemyslaw Frankowski (Poland).
36': Attempt missed. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
37': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
37': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Poland).
38': Attempt missed. Tomasz Kedziora (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
41': Foul by Jan Bednarek (Poland).
41': Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Jan Bednarek (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
42': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
43': Przemyslaw Frankowski (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Foul by Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia).
45': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
45'+2': First Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Poland 0.
45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 0, Poland 0.
45': Substitution, Poland. Krzysztof Piatek replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
46': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Visar Musliu.
47': Goal! North Macedonia 0, Poland 1. Krzysztof Piatek (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
49': Attempt blocked. Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
51': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski with a headed pass.
52': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
52': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Delay in match because of an injury Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Foul by Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia).
55': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Attempt missed. Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Eljif Elmas.
60': Foul by Boban Nikolov (North Macedonia).
60': Krzysztof Piatek (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
62': Foul by Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland).
62': Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Substitution, North Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Boban Nikolov.
62': Offside, North Macedonia. Goran Pandev tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
63': Attempt missed. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mateusz Klich.
64': Attempt blocked. Kamil Grosicki (Poland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
64': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Egzon Bejtulai.
65': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
65': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66': Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Foul by Tomasz Kedziora (Poland).
68': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
70': Substitution, Poland. Maciej Rybus replaces Kamil Grosicki.
70': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Foul by Krzysztof Piatek (Poland).
75': Attempt saved. Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
75': Attempt missed. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
76': Substitution, North Macedonia. Arijan Ademi replaces Stefan Ristovski.
76': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
76': Kamil Glik (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Darko Velkoski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Krzysztof Piatek (Poland).
83': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83': Foul by Piotr Zielinski (Poland).
84': Egzon Bejtulai (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
85': Substitution, North Macedonia. Ferhan Hasani replaces Goran Pandev.
85': Foul by Visar Musliu (North Macedonia).
85': Robert Lewandowski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Second yellow card to Visar Musliu (North Macedonia) for a bad foul.
86': Foul by Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia).
86': Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
87': Foul by Mateusz Klich (Poland).
87': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Attempt blocked. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
89': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
89': Ferhan Hasani (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Maciej Rybus (Poland).
90': Substitution, Poland. Jacek Góralski replaces Mateusz Klich.
90'+1': Offside, North Macedonia. Darko Velkoski tries a through ball, but Ilija Nestorovski is caught offside.
90'+2': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Robert Lewandowski (Poland).
90'+2': Foul by Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia).
90'+2': Krzysztof Piatek (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by Jacek Góralski (Poland).
90'+3': Ilija Nestorovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Krzysztof Piatek (Poland).
90'+5': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Poland 1.
90'+5': Match ends, North Macedonia 0, Poland 1.
90'+5': Match ends, North Macedonia 0, Poland 1.

Statistics

POL		MKD
25	Fouls	17
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
0	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	1
3	Saves	0
52.4	Possession	47.6
6	SHOTS	11
1	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
308	Accurate Passes	268
388	Passes	347
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	2
17	Crosses	21
0.1	Cross %	0.1
48	Long Balls	46
23	Accurate Long Balls	28
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	3
3	Effective Tackles	11
10	Tackles	16
0.3	Tackle %	0.7
15	Interceptions	14
31	Effective Clearances	18
31	Clearances	18

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Toše Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 22,000

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

North Macedonia (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
14	Darko Velkoski
6	Visar Musliu
15	Egzon Bejtulai
21	Eljif Elmas
17	Enis Bardhi
16	Boban Nikolov
8	Ezgjan Alioski
13	Stefan Ristovski
23	Ilija Nestorovski
10	Goran Pandev

North Macedonia Substitutes:

Darko Churlinov, Marjan Radeski, Arijan Ademi, Gjoko Zajkov, Ferhan Hasani, Kristijan Tosevski, Dejan Iliev, Kire Ristevski, Damjan Siskovski, Kire Markoski, Krste Velkovski, Aleksandar Trajkovski.

Poland (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
5	Jan Bednarek
15	Kamil Glik
18	Bartosz Bereszynski
16	Tomasz Kedziora
20	Piotr Zielinski
10	Grzegorz Krychowiak
14	Mateusz Klich
9	Robert Lewandowski
11	Kamil Grosicki
21	Przemyslaw Frankowski

Poland Substitutes:

Arkadiusz Milik, Marcin Kaminski, Maciej Rybus, Damian Kadzior, Michal Pazdan, Jacek Góralski, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Damian Szymanski, Karol Linetty, Rafal Gikiewicz, Krzysztof Piatek, Lukasz Skorupski.

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