Match Report
18 points for North Macedonia (2nd), 9 for Iceland (5th): a 9-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Iceland: only 35th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, North Macedonia were scoring 2.3 and conceding 1.1, Iceland 1.2 and 1.8, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
The venue was Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski in Skopje, with room for 33,011 spectators. On the scoreboard, North Macedonia led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-1.