Slovenia looks to break their two-defeat run as they face North Macedonia in an International friendly match this Tuesday at the Tose Proski Arena with kickoff at 19:00.
North Macedonia will use the friendly as a preparation for their debut in the Euro 2020 kicking off in two weeks. The hosts have been placed in group C alongside Austria, the Netherlands and Ukraine and they need to be ready as its not an easy group for them.
North Macedonia come into the match off the back of a famous 1-2 win against the football giants Germany in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. Surely, the win gives them confidence of daring to dream higher as they head into Euro 2021. Macedonia have won four of their last six matches losing the other two with 12 goals and only conceding six goals in that run.
Meanwhile Slovenia failed to qualify for Euro 2020 and will be using the friendly fixture as preparation for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in September. They head into the friendly of the back of two defeats to Cyprus (1-0) and Russia (2-1).
North Macedonia vs Slovenia head to head
Both teams have played four times since 2012 with Macedonia winning twice whereas Slovenia have won once and one match resulted in a draw. Here are their results from their previous encounters.
- North Macedonia 2-1 Slovenia Oct 10, 2019
- Slovenia 1-1 North Macedonia Mar 24, 20219
- Slovenia 1-0 North Macedonia Mar 23, 2016
- North Macedonia 3-2 Slovenia Nov 14, 2012
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- Germany 1-2 North Macedonia
- North Macedonia 5-0 Liechtenstein
- Romania 3-2 North Macedonia
- Armenia 1-0 North Macedonia
- North Macedonia 2-1 Estonia
Away
- Cyprus 1-0 Slovenia
- Russia 2-1 Slovenia
- Slovenia 1-0 Croatia
- Greece 0-0 Slovenia
- Slovenia 2-1 Kosovo
North Macedonia team news
Igor Angelovski has released his 26-man squad for the friendlies and Euro 2021 headlined by Goran Pandev and Eljif Elmas from Serie A and Leeds defender Ezgjan Alioski. However, Ernis Bahdi will miss the match as he tested positive for COVID 19 and is currently in self-isolation.
Slovenia team news
Slovenia has no injuries at their camp and their squad of 26 players is headlined by Josip Ilicic and captain Jan Oblack.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance; Macedonia or draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Correct score 1-1
