UEFA Nations League

North Macedonia vs Faroe Islands, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
North Macedonia
  • 62': Bojan Miovski
FT
1 - 0
Faroe Islands

    About

    North Macedonia are hosting Faroe Islands at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Darko Churlinov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands).
    • 5': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Viljormur Davidsen.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Hállur Hánsson (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hanus Sørensen.
    • 9': Bojan Ilievski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Hállur Hánsson (Faroe Islands).
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 10': Attempt blocked. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 11': Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Foul by Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands).
    • 12': Attempt saved. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 12': Foul by Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia).
    • 12': Odmar Færø (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 13': Foul by Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia).
    • 13': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 18': Attempt saved. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 25': Corner, Faroe Islands. Conceded by Gjoko Zajkov.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Hanus Sørensen (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petur Knudsen.
    • 26': Foul by Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia).
    • 26': Odmar Færø (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Corner, North Macedonia. Conceded by Odmar Færø.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hanus Sørensen.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (North Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Enis Bardhi with a through ball.
    • 42': Foul by Petur Knudsen (Faroe Islands).
    • 42': Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45': Foul by Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia).
    • 45': Odmar Færø (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, North Macedonia 0, Faroe Islands 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 0, Faroe Islands 0.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Petur Knudsen (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Meinhard Olsen.
    • 50': Foul by Petur Knudsen (Faroe Islands).
    • 50': Gjoko Zajkov (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Petur Knudsen (Faroe Islands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 54': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Ashkovski replaces Bojan Ilievski.
    • 54': Substitution, North Macedonia. Lirim Qamili replaces Darko Churlinov.
    • 54': Substitution, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Hállur Hánsson (Faroe Islands).
    • 58': Substitution, Faroe Islands. René Joensen replaces Hállur Hánsson.
    • 58': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Hanus Sørensen (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Petur Knudsen.
    • 62': Goal! North Macedonia 1, Faroe Islands 0. Bojan Miovski (North Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 64': Foul by Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia).
    • 64': Odmar Færø (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Gunnar Vatnhamar (Faroe Islands).
    • 65': Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 66': Offside, North Macedonia. Gjoko Zajkov is caught offside.
    • 66': Ezgjan Alioski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Isnik Alimi (North Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ezgjan Alioski.
    • 72': Foul by Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia).
    • 72': Petur Knudsen (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 72': Nikola Serafimov (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Petur Knudsen (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 79': Substitution, Faroe Islands. Jóannes Bjartalíd replaces Meinhard Olsen.
    • 79': Substitution, Faroe Islands. Páll Klettskard replaces Petur Knudsen.
    • 81': Foul by Viljormur Davidsen (Faroe Islands).
    • 81': Stefan Ashkovski (North Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Brandur Hendriksson (Faroe Islands).
    • 84': Lirim Qamili (North Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Substitution, Faroe Islands. Adrian Justinussen replaces Brandur Hendriksson.
    • 85': Substitution, Faroe Islands. Sølvi Vatnhamar replaces Hanus Sørensen.
    • 85': Offside, North Macedonia. Enis Bardhi is caught offside.
    • 87': Foul by Jani Atanasov (North Macedonia).
    • 87': Páll Klettskard (Faroe Islands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Substitution, North Macedonia. Darko Velkovski replaces Bojan Miovski.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Páll Klettskard (Faroe Islands) header from the right side of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
    • 89': Offside, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski is caught offside.
    • 89': Milan Ristovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Faroe Islands. Conceded by Stefan Ashkovski.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Faroe Islands. Conceded by Jani Atanasov.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Faroe Islands. Conceded by Isnik Alimi.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Adrian Justinussen (Faroe Islands) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, North Macedonia. David Babunski replaces Enis Bardhi.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Lirim Qamili (North Macedonia) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+4': Corner, Faroe Islands. Conceded by Stole Dimitrievski.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Viljormur Davidsen (Faroe Islands) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jóannes Bjartalíd with a cross.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 1, Faroe Islands 0.
    • 0': Match ends, North Macedonia 1, Faroe Islands 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 7
    1 Yellow Cards 5
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    5 Corner Kicks 2
    3 Saves 1
    39.1 Possession 60.9
    9 SHOTS 11
    1 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    236 Accurate Passes 432
    327 Passes 530
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 2
    23 Crosses 17
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    67 Long Balls 64
    28 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 4
    9 Effective Tackles 10
    15 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    5 Interceptions 2
    40 Effective Clearances 29
    40 Clearances 29

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
    Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
    Attendance: 7,450

    UEFA Nations League Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 North Macedonia 6 +9 16
    2 Armenia 6 -1 7
    3 Faroe Islands 6 -1 6
    4 Latvia 6 -7 4
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    MKD North Macedonia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
    5 Gjoko Zajkov
    4 Nikola Serafimov Yellow Card
    8 Ezgjan Alioski Yellow Card
    2 Bojan Ilievski
    10 Enis Bardhi Yellow Card
    21 Jani Atanasov
    16 Isnik Alimi Yellow Card
    20 Bojan Miovski
    9 Aleksandar Trajkovski
    11 Darko Churlinov
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Jovan Manev, Igor Aleksovski, Milan Ristovski, Bojan Dimoski, Lirim Kjamili, Behar Feta, Sefer Emini, Damjan Siskovski, Darko Velkoski, David Babunski, Stefan Askovski, Dimitar Mitrovski.

    FRO Faroe Islands (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    23 Bardur Á Reynatrod (GK)
    16 Gunnar Vatnhamar
    5 Andrias Edmundsson
    15 Odmar Faero
    8 Brandur Hendriksson Olsen
    6 Hallur Hansson
    3 Viljormur Davidsen
    19 Jann Julian Benjaminsen
    21 Petur Knudsen Yellow Card
    18 Meinhard Olsen
    20 Hanus Sorensen
    Faroe Islands Substitutes:
    Páll Klettskard, Noah Hans Mneney, Joannes Bjartalid, Sölvi Vatnhamar, Ási Pálsson Dam, Joannes Danielsen, Arnbjorn Svensson, Poul Kallsberg, Mattias Lamhauge, Adrian Justinussen, Teitur Gestsson, René Joensen.

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