It’s almost time for Nations League action scheduled for Tuesday when North Macedonia will take on Armenia.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the North Macedonia v Armenia game - plus the latest match odds.
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North Macedonia
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North Macedonia head into this match after a 1-1 Nations League drawn game against Faroe Islands.
In that match, North Macedonia had 68% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for North Macedonia was Enis Bardhi (49'). On the other side, Faroe Islands had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Viljormur Davidsen (9') scored for Faroe Islands.
North Macedonia haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their sum of goals equals just 4 vs opposing sides during their last 6 outings. In those games, North Macedonia have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 9. Let’s find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Armenia
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Armenia head into the encounter after a 4-1 Nations League win with the downing of Latvia in their last fixture.
In that game, Armenia managed 59% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Armenia, goals were scored by Vahan Bichakhchyan (6'), Lucas Zelarayán (48') and Eduard Spertsyan (86'). On the other side, Latvia got 3 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Kaspars Dubra (35' Own goal) scored for Latvia.
The numbers tell their own story, and Armenia have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. In defence, Armenia have been far from perfect.
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Head to head
Checking on their prior head to head clashes going back to 16/10/2018 shows us that North Macedonia have won 3 of these games & Armenia 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
17 goals were scored between them in these games, with 10 of them from Crveni Lavovi and 7 coming from Armenia. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.
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Team News: North Macedonia
The North Macedonia boss Blagoja Milevski will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.
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Team News: Armenia
Due to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Armenia manager Oleksandr Petrakov has zero fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this clash.
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Prediction
We’re thinking that Armenia will really need to work well to hit the back of the net against this North Macedonia side who we think will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought 1-0 win for North Macedonia after 90 minutes.
Let’s see.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Checking out the betting prices for the game in the full-time result market, putting your money on North Macedonia is available for 2.05, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.4 & staking on a victory for Armenia can get you 3.5. They’re the top returns on offer right now.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
22:02 08/09/2024
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
North Macedonia
Formed: 1949
Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena (34,460)
Captain: Enis Bardhi
Chairman: Muamed Sejdini
Manager: Blagoja Milevski