Match Report
North Macedonia went into the game 3rd in the table on 7 points; Gibraltar sat 4th on 1 — a 6-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Gibraltar: only 46th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: North Macedonia 1.17 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Gibraltar 0.5 and 3, with the league averaging 1.31.
Gibraltar had gone 15 games without a win.
Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski in Skopje staged the fixture, a ground that holds 33,011. On the scoreboard, North Macedonia led 4-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 4-0 the final score.