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FT Sunday, November 14, 2021
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Match Report

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North Macedonia beat Iceland to clinch World Cup playoff berth

North Macedonia sealed a World Cup qualifying play-off spot with a 3-1 home win over Iceland on Sunday.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
5
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
0
43.3
Possession
56.7
5
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
272
Accurate Passes
393
360
Passes
468
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
17
0.1
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
79
24
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
4
10
Tackles
7
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
4
24
Effective Clearances
11
24
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

MKD · 4-3-3

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 6Visar MusliuCD-L
  3. 14Darko VelkoskiCD-R
  4. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  5. 13Stefan RistovskiRB
  6. 21Tihomir KostadinovCM
  7. 7Eljif ElmasLM
  8. 10Enis BardhiRM
  9. 19Milan RistovskiF
  10. 9Aleksandar TrajkovskiLF
  11. 11Darko ChurlinovRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Valon EthemiSUB
  2. 22Damjan SiskovskiSUB
  3. 20Stefan SpirovskiSUB
  4. 23Bojan MiovskiSUB
  5. 16Jani AtanasovSUB
  6. 12Risto JankovSUB
  7. 3Stefan AskovskiSUB
  8. 5Nikola SerafimovSUB
  9. 18Dorian BabunskiSUB
  10. 2Todor TodoroskiSUB
  11. 15Gjoko ZajkovSUB
  12. 4Kire RistevskiSUB

ISL · 4-3-3

  1. 13Elias ÓlafssonG
  2. 4Daniel GrétarssonCD-L
  3. 6Brynjar BjarnasonCD-R
  4. 5Gudmundur ThórarinssonLB
  5. 2Birkir SaevarssonRB
  6. 8Birkir BjarnasonCM
  7. 7Ísak JóhannessonLM
  8. 16Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonRM
  9. 19Sveinn Aron GudjohnsenF
  10. 11Jon Dagur ThorsteinssonLF
  11. 10Albert GudmundssonRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Alfons SampstedSUB
  2. 1Rúnar RúnarssonSUB
  3. 22Andri GudjohnsenSUB
  4. 14Isak Oli OlafssonSUB
  5. 18Mikael EllertssonSUB
  6. 9Aron Elis ThrandarsonSUB
  7. 17Andri Fannar BaldurssonSUB
  8. 20Thorir Johann HelgasonSUB
  9. 21Arnór TraustasonSUB
  10. 12Hákon ValdimarssonSUB
  11. 15Ari LeifssonSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! North Macedonia 1, Iceland 0. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski with a through ball.
  2. 28' Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 28' Stole Dimitrievski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 54' Goal! North Macedonia 1, Iceland 1. Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson (Iceland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brynjar Bjarnason with a headed pass.
  6. 63' Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Askovski replaces Darko Churlinov because of an injury.
  7. 64' Stefán Teitur Thórdarson (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Goal! North Macedonia 2, Iceland 1. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  9. 68' Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 71' Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen (Iceland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, Iceland. Andri Lucas Gudjohnsen replaces Sveinn Aron Gudjohnsen.
  12. 72' Substitution, Iceland. Thórir Helgason replaces Stefán Teitur Thórdarson.
  13. 73' Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 78' Substitution, Iceland. Arnór Ingvi Traustason replaces Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson.
  15. 78' Substitution, North Macedonia. Bojan Miovski replaces Milan Ristovski.
  16. 78' Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Spirovski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
  17. 79' Second yellow card to Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (Iceland) for a bad foul.
  18. 83' Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 86' Stefan Ristovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 86' Substitution, Iceland. Aron Elís Thrándarson replaces Gudmundur Thórarinsson.
  21. 86' Substitution, Iceland. Mikael Ellertsson replaces Albert Gudmundsson.
  22. 86' Goal! North Macedonia 3, Iceland 1. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bojan Miovski.
  23. 89' Substitution, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov replaces Stefan Ristovski.

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