Our prediction for this Euro 2020 match:
Latvia
Match Time & Date:
09/09/2019
02:45 PM
Prediction: 1-2
North Macedonia
Daugavas Stadiona will host Monday’s Euro 2020 qualifier between Latvia and North Macedonia. Latvia suffered a loss in each of their five group games in the qualifiers and it is no wonder they are seen as underdogs in the clash against the Crveni Risovi. Igor Angelovski’s troops, on the other hand, did well to hold Israel to a draw in their last qualifying match, with the team keeping their hopes of booking their place at Euro 2020 alive.
North Macedonia, though, are four points behind second-placed Austria in Group G, meaning that this has to go down as a must-win game for them. A man to watch in the away team will be Leeds United attacker Ezdzhan Alioski, who is likely to prove a handful for the opposition defenders. Anyhow, the visitors want this win more than the hosts, who have been totally out of form of late.
Highlighted Player (Aleksandar Trajkovski):
Aleksandar Trajkovski is a Macedonian international who played for Cementarnica 55 during his youth career. He made 11 league appearances for the club at senior level as well and in 2010 he moved to Croatian team Inter Zapresic.
The attacking midfielder failed to prove his worth in the 2010/2011 season and, as a result, he was sold to Zulte Waregem in the summer of 2011. He played an important role in the Belgian team from 2011 to 2015 as he scored 11 goals in 83 league appearances for the club. It has to be noted, though, that Trajkovski spend the 2013/2014 season on loan at Mechelen. In 2015 he was named Macedonian Footballer of the Year and the same year he signed a contract with Italian side Palermo.
Speaking of his international career, Aleksandar Trajkovski has 15 caps for Macedonia U21 and he made his debut for the senior team on 10 August, 2011 in a friendly against Azerbaijan.
Highlighted Team (North Macedonia):
Former Yugoslavian republic North Macedonia became member of both FIFA and UEFA in 1994 and they have been competing on the international stage ever since. The Crveni Risovi rolled over Slovenia (4-1) in their first ever official match and the team recorded their biggest win on November 9, 11996, with the team crushing minnows Liechtenstein 11-1 in Eschen-Mauren.
The North Macedonians have yet to qualify for the finals of a major tournament despite the fact that several high-profile footballers played for the former Yugoslav republic. Goran Pandev is undisputedly the team’s most notable player as he played for the likes of Lazion, Inter, Napoli and Galatasaray during his professional career.
Pandev scored his 28th and 29th goal for North Macedonia in a 3-0 win over Belarus in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. However, Goce Seldloski is the most capped player (100). North Macedonia welcome their rivals at Philip II Arena and they wear red shirts with yellow stripe and red shorts when playing at home ground. The colour of their away kits is white.
Belgium
Cyprus
Germany
Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Estonia
Poland
Slovenia
Scotland
Kazakhstan
Wales
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