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Wales vs North Macedonia Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

FT · HT 3–17 – 1

Harry Wilson 18′ (pen), 75′, 81′ (pen)David Brooks 21′Brennan Johnson 37′Daniel James 57′Nathan Broadhead 88′3rd

2ndBojan Miovski 23′

Player of the matchHarry WilsonWAL · 3 goals · 1 assist · 90′ · 4 key passes · 7 duels won · 3 shots (3 on target)

10.0
Table · 16 v 13 pts
3rd → 2nd2nd → 3rd

WC Qualification EuropeMatchday 10Cardiff City StadiumRef D. Makkelie

Events

WAL 7–1 MKD · 0–3 yellow
  1. Full time 7–1
  2. Nathan Broadhead7–1Goal · left foot · assist Isaak Davies
  3. Isaak Daviesfor Liam Cullen
  4. Nikola Serafimovfor Stefan Aškovski
  5. Chris Mephamfor Joe Rodon
  6. Ronan Kpakiofor Neco Williams
  7. Harry Wilson6–1Penalty goal · left foot
  8. Darko VelkovskiYellow card
  9. Harry Wilson5–1Goal · left foot
  10. Sorba Thomasfor Daniel James
  11. Elmin Rastoderfor Bojan Miovski
  12. Nathan Broadheadfor David Brooks
  13. Jani Atanasovfor Isnik Alimi
  14. Daniel James4–1Goal · right foot · assist Harry Wilson
  15. Lirim Qamilifor Andrej Stojcevski
  16. Darko Churlinovfor Tihomir Kostadinov
  17. Half-time 3–1
  18. Brennan Johnson3–1Goal · right foot · assist Jay Dasilva
  19. Bojan Miovski2–1Goal · left foot · assist Darko Velkovski
  20. David Brooks2–0Goal · left foot · assist Brennan Johnson
  21. Harry Wilson1–0Penalty goal · left foot
  22. Stole DimitrievskiYellow card
  23. Tihomir KostadinovYellow card

Head-to-head

2 meetings on record since 2013

0-1-1Wales W-D-L · goals 2:3

0 WAL1 draws1 MKD
Goals per meeting
2.5
  1. North Macedonia1–1WalesWC Qualification Europe
  2. North Macedonia2–1WalesWC Qualification Europe

Season comparison

as the teams came into the match
Walesall competitionsNorth Macedonia
  1. Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
  2. 2.73Goals per game (both sides)1.93
  3. 60%Over 1.567%
  4. 53%Over 2.527%
  5. 33%Over 3.57%
  6. 47%Both teams scored33%
  7. 40%Clean sheets67%
  8. 27%Failed to score13%
  9. Wales at home v North Macedonia away
  10. 7Played7
  11. 4Won4
  12. 1Drawn2
  13. 2Lost1
  14. 13-7Goals (for-against)11-3
  15. 1.86Points per game2
  16. 57%Over 2.543%
  17. 43%Clean sheets71%
  18. 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 games each
  19. 12-111st-half goals (for-against)6-3
  20. 11-72nd-half goals (for-against)17-3
  21. 48%Goals after half-time74%
  22. 73%Goal before half-time47%
  23. 6-5-4Half-time W-D-L4-9-2

How we calculate this

Expected vs happened

as of kick-off

32%Model · draw 26%42%

Projected goals
1.27 – 1.49total 2.76 · from goals per game before kick-off
Most likely scores
1–1 12%0–1 9.4%1–2 8.9%
OutcomeModelHappened
Wales win32%Yes
Draw26%No
North Macedonia win42%No
Over 1.5 goals76%Yes
Over 2.5 goals52%Yes
Over 3.5 goals30%Yes
Both teams to score56%Yes
Wales clean sheet22%No
North Macedonia clean sheet28%No

Model: Poisson rates from goals scored and conceded per game (not expected goals). How we calculate this

What stands out

  • 2ndfrom 3rd

    Wales moved from 3rd to 2nd in the WC Qualification Europe table with this result.13 → 16 points after 8 matches; order by points, goal difference, goals scored.

  • 3rdfrom 2nd

    North Macedonia moved from 2nd to 3rd in the WC Qualification Europe table with this result.13 → 13 points after 8 matches; order by points, goal difference, goals scored.

Team stats

6 figures
Walesfull timeNorth Macedonia
  1. 4Big chances created1
  2. 1Big chances missed0
  3. 80%Forward passes %77%
  4. 64Passes in final third25
  5. 43Ball recoveries39
  6. 92Possession lost103

Lineups

Starting XIs · ratings at full time
Wales4-1-4-17.34 avg rating 5.985-3-2North Macedonia
  1. 15.9Karl Darlow
  1. 37.3Neco Williams↓82′
  2. 66.7Joe Rodon↓82′
  3. 46.7Dylan Lawlor
  4. 57.2Jay DasilvaA
  1. 226.9Josh Sheehan
  1. 207.3Daniel JamesG ↓64′
  2. 77.8David BrooksG ↓64′
  3. 106.7Liam Cullen↓85′
  4. 118.1Brennan JohnsonG A
  1. 810.0Harry Wilson3G A
  1. 235.3Stole DimitrievskiYC
  1. 35.4Stefan Aškovski↓82′
  2. 65.6Andrej Stojcevski↓55′
  3. 146.0Darko VelkovskiA YC
  4. 55.5Gjoko Zajkov
  5. 25.1Bojan Ilievski
  1. 186.3Tihomir KostadinovYC ↓55′
  2. 106.2Enis Bardhi
  3. 166.6Isnik Alimi↓64′
  1. 76.7Eljif Elmas
  2. 207.1Bojan MiovskiG ↓64′
  1. 2Chris MephamDF · ↑82′6.5
  2. 13Isaak DaviesFW · A ↑85′7.2
  3. 14Ronan KpakioDF · ↑82′6.3
  4. 19Sorba ThomasMF · ↑64′6.8
  5. 23Nathan BroadheadFW · G ↑64′7.3
  6. 9Lewis KoumasFW
  7. 12Tom KingGK
  8. 15Rhys Norrington-DaviesDF
  9. 16Joel ColwillMF
  10. 17Rubin ColwillMF
  11. 18Mark HarrisFW
  12. 21Adam DaviesGK

SubstitutesCoaches: C. Bellamy · B. MilevskiG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off

  1. 4Nikola SerafimovDF · ↑82′6.2
  2. 11Darko ChurlinovFW · ↑55′6.6
  3. 15Elmin RastoderFW · ↑64′6.3
  4. 17Lirim QamiliFW · ↑55′6.2
  5. 21Jani AtanasovMF · ↑64′6.2
  6. 1Dejan IlievGK
  7. 8David BabunskiMF
  8. 9Aleksandar TrajkovskiFW
  9. 12Igor AleksovskiGK
  10. 13Stefan DespotovskiDF
  11. 19Milan RistovskiFW
  12. 22Reshat RamadaniMF

Top ratings

XI avg 7.34 v 5.98
  1. Harry WilsonWAL10.0
  2. Brennan JohnsonWAL8.1
  3. David BrooksWAL7.8
  4. Daniel JamesWAL7.3
  5. Neco WilliamsWAL7.3

Table after full time

WC Qualification Europe 2026
#TeamPW-D-LGoalsGDPtsBefore
1Belgium85-3-029:7+22181st
2Wales85-1-221:11+10163rd ▲1
3North Macedonia83-4-113:10+3132nd ▼1
4Kazakhstan82-2-49:13-484th
5Liechtenstein80-0-80:31-3105th
Wales
3rd → 2nd13 → 16 pts
North Macedonia
2nd → 3rd13 → 13 pts

Order: points, goal difference, goals scored. “Before” is the position at kick-off. Full table

Referee

D. Makkelie
Cards / match
3.57this match 3 (-0.57)
Yellows / match
3.37
Reds / match
0.20
Penalties / match
0.2724% of matches
Fouls / match
21.8

1.46Home 1.46 vs Away 1.91 yellows/match · +0.45 away · 11–9 red · 3 coach cards1.91

52%Results in 100 recent matches · draw 16%32%

home winsaway wins
With North Macedonia
1-0-1 in 2 · 3.5 yellows/game

Analysed latest 100 of 181 career matches.

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Match info

Season
2026 · Matchday 10 of 11
Stage
Group Stage
Kick-off
Venue
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Capacity
33,280 · grass
Weather
6 °C · light rain · humidity 75%
Referee
D. Makkelie
WAL coach
C. Bellamy
MKD coach
B. Milevski

Match summary

Wales beat North Macedonia 7-1 in the WC Qualification Europe, Group Stage.

Before kickoff, Wales sat 3rd on 10 points, while North Macedonia were 2nd on 9 points. Across 2 previous meetings on record, Wales won 0 and North Macedonia won 1, with 1 draw (2.5 goals per game).

Goals came from Harry Wilson (18', 75', 81'), David Brooks (21'), Brennan Johnson (37'), Daniel James (57') and Nathan Broadhead (88') for Wales and Bojan Miovski (23') for North Macedonia.

Wales — live results and scheduleNorth Macedonia — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this

Player leaders

this match

Shots

  1. David BrooksWAL4 (2)
  2. Harry WilsonWAL3 (3)
  3. Enis BardhiMKD3 (1)

Big chances created

  1. Harry WilsonWAL1
  2. Brennan JohnsonWAL1
  3. David BrooksWAL1

Passes

  1. Joe RodonWAL99/105
  2. Dylan LawlorWAL80/85
  3. Jay DasilvaWAL76/79

Progressive passes

  1. Joe RodonWAL103 (98%)
  2. Dylan LawlorWAL79 (93%)
  3. Jay DasilvaWAL67 (85%)

Final-third passes

  1. Neco WilliamsWAL18
  2. Jay DasilvaWAL11
  3. Joe RodonWAL8

Ball recoveries

  1. Brennan JohnsonWAL8
  2. Joe RodonWAL7
  3. Josh SheehanWAL6

Duels won

  1. Harry WilsonWAL7/11
  2. Brennan JohnsonWAL6/12
  3. David BrooksWAL4/8

Clearances

  1. Dylan LawlorWAL6
  2. Gjoko ZajkovMKD6
  3. Jay DasilvaWAL4

Form

last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off
Wales3d restMKD +2d rest5d restNorth Macedonia
  1. 4-1W19 Nov
  2. 3-1W22 Mar
  3. 1-1D25 Mar
  4. 3-0W6 Jun
  5. 3-4L9 Jun
  6. 1-0W4 Sep
  7. 0-1L9 Sep
  8. 0-3L9 Oct
  9. 2-4L13 Oct
  10. 1-0W15 Nov

5-1-4goals 18:151.60pts/game

Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below

  1. 1-0W17 Nov
  2. 3-0W22 Mar
  3. 1-1D25 Mar
  4. 1-1D6 Jun
  5. 1-0W9 Jun
  6. 1-2L4 Sep
  7. 5-0W7 Sep
  8. 0-0D10 Oct
  9. 1-1D13 Oct
  10. 0-0D13 Nov

4-5-1goals 14:51.70pts/game

  1. ALiechtenstein1–0
  2. HBelgium2–4
  3. AEngland0–3
  4. HCanada0–1
  5. AKazakhstan1–0

latest 5

  1. HLatvia0–0
  2. HKazakhstan1–1
  3. ABelgium0–0
  4. HLiechtenstein5–0
  5. ASaudi Arabia1–2
Show older matches
  1. ABelgium3–4
  2. HLiechtenstein3–0
  3. ANorth Macedonia1–1
  4. HKazakhstan3–1
  5. HIceland4–1

older

  1. AKazakhstan1–0
  2. HBelgium1–1
  3. HWales1–1
  4. ALiechtenstein3–0
  5. HFaroe Islands1–0

Matchday 10

WC Qualification Europe · the other 10 games
  1. Hungary2–3Republic of Ireland
  2. Portugal9–1Armenia
  3. Azerbaijan1–3France
  4. Ukraine2–0Iceland
  5. Albania0–2England
  6. Serbia2–1Latvia
  7. Israel4–1Moldova
  8. Italy1–4Norway
  9. Malta2–3Poland
  10. Czech Republic6–0Gibraltar
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