Our prediction for this match:
Saudi Arabia
Match Time & Date:
4 September 2025
16:00
Prediction: 1-0
North Macedonia
Stadium Viktoria Zizkov will host Thursday’s football game between Saudi Arabia and North Macedonia. Saudi Arabia aim to recover from the Gold Cup loss to Mexico and they are surely capable of matching Blagoja Milevski’s troops in this warm-up match. A man to watch in Herve Renard’s team will be Saleh Al-Shehri, who has netted 17 goals in 44 appearances for the Saudi National team.
The Macedonians, on the other hand, will use this game as a good test for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein, but with Blagoja Milevski being expected to shuffle his pack, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the nominal hosts. In their last meeting in a friendly, back in 2022, Saudi Arabia defeated North Macedonia 1-0 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas is the most notable player in the away team.
Highlighted Team (Saudi Arabia):
Saudi Arabia Football Federation was established back in 1956, but the Saudis qualified for a major tournament 28 years later, when they participated in the AFC Asian Cup. In 1988 Saudi Arabia won their first trophy, with the team beating South Korea in the Asian Cup final.
Eight years later they repeated the success and it has to be noted that they have been playing at the Asian Cup finals ever since. Speaking of their appearances at the FIFA World Cup finals, the Green Falcons did well to qualify for the 1994 tournament, where they made it to the last 16. Saudi Arabia participated at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 tournament as well, but they missed out on a place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.
However, the Asian side booked their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia thanks to a win over Japan in their last group game in the qualifiers. Saudi Arabia’s home kits are white, whilst they wear green jerseys and shirts when playing on the road.
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