VADUZ. North Macedonia defeats Liechtenstein 4-0 after a incredible match. D. Velkovski (39′), E. Alioski (66′ pen), B. Nikolov (74′) and D. Churlinov (83′). Its vastly superior ball possession (79%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Rheinpark Stadion stadium in Vaduz on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Bartosz Frankowski with the assistance of Marcin Boniek and Jacub Winkler. The 4th official was Krzysztof Jakubik. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- ! 21 Ball Possession 79
Shots
- 2 Total 28
- 0 On Target 12
- 2 Off Target 16
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 32 Attack 197
- 6 Dangerous attack 108
- 72 Ball safe 41
- 0 Penalties 1
- 0 Corners 5
Fouls
- 6 Total 6
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
North Macedonia was in firm control of the ball 79% while Liechtenstein was struggling with a 21% ball possession.
North Macedonia was more aggressive with 108 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why North Macedonia won the encounter.
Liechtenstein shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, North Macedonia shot 28 times, 12 on target, 16 off target.
Cards
Liechtenstein received 2 yellow cards (D. Kaufmann and F. Wolfinger). On the other side, North Macedonia received 1 yellow card (M. Ristovski).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this contest, Liechtenstein will stay with 1 points to stay in the 6th place. On the other side, North Macedonia will have 12 points like Armenia to stay in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Liechtenstein will play away with Iceland on the 11th of October with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Iceland (2 draws).
North Macedonia will host Germany on the 11th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of North Macedonia (0 draws).
Liechtenstein – Formation
Liechtenstein started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Martin Stocklasa decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Buchel
, Sandro Wolfinger , Andreas Malin , Daniel Kaufmann , Jens Hofer , Maximilian Göppel , Aron Sele , Fabio Wolfinger , Nicolas Hasler , Noah Frick and Yanik Frick .The home team had on the bench: Seyhan Yıldız
, Livio Meier , Lorenzo Lo Russo, Rafael Grünenfelder , Roman Spirig, Alexander Marxer, Martin Büchel , Claudio Majer, Marco Marxer, Rıdvan Kardeşoğlu and Daniel Brandle.Substitutions
Liechtenstein made 4 changes: N. Frick for L. Meier (46′), F. Wolfinger for S. Yildiz (61′), A. Sele for M. Buchel (75′) and S. Wolfinger for R. Grunenfelder (79′).
Best player: Benjamin Buchel
The player that probably impressed the most for Liechtenstein was the goalkeeper: Benjamin Buchel. His rating is 7.15. He performed 7 saves.
North Macedonia – Formation
North Macedonia started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the opposite side, Blagoja Milevski played with: Stole Dimitrievski
, Stefan Ristovski , Darko Velkovski , Kire Ristevski , Ezgjan Alioski , Stefan Spirovski , Darko Churlinov , Arijan Ademi , Eljif Elmas , Aleksandar Trajkovski and Milan Ristovski .They had on the bench: Bojan Miovski
, Todor Todoroski, Jani Atanasov, Erdal Rakip , Nikola Gjorgjev, Boban Nikolov , Stefan Aškovski , Adis Jahović, Dejan Iliev, Gjoko Zajkov , Damjan Shishkovski and Nikola Serafimov.Substitutions
North Macedonia made 5 changes: M. Ristovski for B. Miovski (61′), A. Ademi for S. Ashkovski (70′), E. Alioski for B. Nikolov (70′), D. Velkovski for G. Zajkov (76′) and S. Ristovski for E. Rakip (76′).
Best player: Darko Velkovski
The player that probably impressed the most for North Macedonia was Darko Velkovski.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 117 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Liechtenstein – North Macedonia – 0-4
- Iceland – Armenia – 1-1
- Germany – Romania – 2-1
- Russia – Slovakia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovenia – 0-4
- Cyprus – Croatia – 0-3
- Turkey – Norway – 1-1
- Gibraltar – Montenegro – 0-3
- Latvia – Netherlands – 0-1
- Estonia – Belarus – 2-0
- Czech Republic – Wales – 2-2