Scotland vs North Macedonia Preview

Scotland host North Macedonia at Hampden Park on Friday night, six weeks after winning 2-0 in the reverse fixture. North Macedonia have lost all four of their Nations League games without scoring. Scotland, meanwhile, are third in League B Group 1 on four points. Kick-off is at 7:45pm GMT.

Scotland’s 2-1 home defeat to Slovenia in October left them with one win from their last five. Three days earlier, they won 2-0 in North Macedonia, and before that they lost 3-0 at home to Switzerland and drew 0-0 in Slovenia. The oldest result is a 3-0 defeat to Brazil at the World Cup in June. That makes three goals scored and eight conceded, and Scotland failed to score in three of the five games.

North Macedonia have lost their last five games without scoring, conceding 14. The most recent was a 3-0 defeat in Switzerland in October, three days after a 2-0 home loss to Scotland. Before those, they lost 2-0 in Slovenia and 3-0 at home to Switzerland, while the oldest result is a 4-0 friendly defeat in Turkey in June. They have not scored in any of their four Nations League games.

Scotland have won three of the last five meetings to North Macedonia’s one, with one draw. The most recent was Scotland’s 2-0 win in North Macedonia in October, and before that they won 2-1 there in World Cup qualifying in 2013. A year earlier, the sides drew 1-1 in Scotland. Scotland also won 2-0 at home in 2009, while North Macedonia’s only win came 1-0 at home in 2008. Scotland are unbeaten in the two home meetings in the sample, and Friday’s game at Hampden Park will be the first meeting in Scotland since 2012.

Scotland sit third in League B Group 1 on four points, three behind second-placed Slovenia, while North Macedonia are bottom without a point. A Scotland win would take them to seven points, level with Slovenia.

In the UK, the match is live on BBC Two and BBC Scotland, with streaming on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. In North Macedonia, it’s on MRT1, while US viewers can watch on Fox Soccer Plus or stream through fuboTV, ViX and FOX One.

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Nations League Standings — League B, Group 1