UEFA Nations League | League B Matchday 3 | 2026-10-04 03:45 JST
Match summary
North Macedonia and Scotland met in the UEFA Nations League League B Matchday 3 on October 4. Scotland beat North Macedonia 2-0, keeping a clean sheet. Scotland led 1-0 at half-time. They added 1 more after the break to pull clear.
Scotland's scorers: J. McGinn and K. Bowie. Assists: Scotland – B. Gilmour.
Possession: North Macedonia 56%, Scotland 44%. Shots: North Macedonia 9, Scotland 25. Scotland scored 2 from 10 shots on target. Yellow cards: North Macedonia 5, Scotland 1. Scotland played with ten men after S. McKenna was sent off.
Team stats
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| North Macedonia | Stat | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4-2-1 | Formation | 3-4-2-1 |
| 56% | Possession | 44% |
| 0.38 | Expected goals (xG) | 3.45 |
| 9 | Shots | 25 |
| 0 | Shots on target | 10 |
| 8 | Shots off target | 7 |
| 1 | Blocked shots | 8 |
| 4 | Shots inside the box | 18 |
| 5 | Shots outside the box | 7 |
| 1 | Corner kicks | 9 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 20 | Fouls | 13 |
| 480 | Passes | 365 |
| 403 | Accurate passes | 301 |
| 84% | Pass accuracy | 82% |
| 6 | Goalkeeper saves | 0 |
| 0 | Goals prevented (xG) | 0 |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Referee: François Letexier, France
Player stats
North Macedonia
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | S. Dimitrievski | 0 | 39(68%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 90 | 1(None) | |||||||||
| DF | Mario Mladenovski | 0 | 1(100%) | 1 | 2 | 59(87%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 7(2) | |||
| DF | V. Musliu | 0 | 1(50%) | 4 | 2 | 56(89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 90 | 1 | 16(11) | |||
| DF | Anes Meljichi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66(96%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7.2 | 90 | 1 | 12(7) | ||||
| MF | Bojan Ilievski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 62 | 3(1) | ||||||
| MF | M. Gashtarov | 0 | 2(67%) | 2 | 22(81%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6.9 | 79 | 12(7) | |||||
| MF | Luka Stankovski | 0 | 7(78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 31 | 1 | 3(None) | ||||||||
| MF | Sebastian Herrera | 0 | 1 | 6(55%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 31 | 2 | 2(2) | ||||||
| FW | Enis Bardhi | 0 | 1 | 20(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 4(4) | |||||
| FW | E. Elmas | 0 | 1(50%) | 1 | 37(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6.3 | 90 | 2 | 14(3) | ||||
| FW | Bojan Miovski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9(90%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 90 | 10(1) | ||||||
| DF | Gjorge Djekov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21(72%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.6 | 59 | 1 | 5(1) | |||||
| MF | Jani Atanasov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 40(85%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 3(1) | |||
| MF | Agon Elezi | 0 | 6(86%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 28 | 2(1) | ||||||||
| FW | Ljupche Doriev | 0 | 1(50%) | 1 | 7(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 28 | 5(2) | |||||||
| FW | Hristijan Maleski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2(67%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 11 | 2(1) | |||||||
| GK | Davor Taleski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| GK | Damjan Siskovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Andrej Stojchevski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Tihomir Kostadinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Dimitar Mitrovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | Elmin Rastoder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | Azer Omeragić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Angus Gunn | 0 | 16(55%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | S. Welsh | 0 | 1(100%) | 38(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.3 | 90 | 1 | 6(4) | ||||||
| DF | S. McKenna | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16(80%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 6(5) | ||||
| DF | Luis Binks | 0 | 1(100%) | 27(82%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 6(3) | |||||
| MF | B. Doak | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21(78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7.9 | 76 | 1 | 10(6) | |||
| MF | L. Ferguson | 0 | 1 | 43(84%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.3 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 10(6) | ||||
| MF | B. Gilmour | 0 | 3(60%) | 2 | 40(87%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 13(5) | ||||
| MF | A. Robertson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1(50%) | 1 | 31(78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 90 | 2 | 6(3) | ||||
| FW | J. McGinn | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2(100%) | 1 | 27(87%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8.3 | 90 | 4 | 10(9) | ||
| FW | O. McBurnie | 0 | 10(83%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 45 | 5(3) | |||||||
| FW | K. Bowie | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2(67%) | 3 | 8(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.7 | 75 | 2 | 14(7) | ||
| MF | R. Christie | 0 | 1(50%) | 1 | 12(92%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | 45 | 4(2) | ||||||
| FW | R. Ure | 1 | 0 | 2(67%) | 4(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 15 | 1 | 7(3) | |||||
| DF | A. Hickey | 0 | 7(78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 14 | 3(None) | |||||||||
| DF | L. Graham | 0 | 1 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 10 | 1(1) | ||||||||
| GK | Liam Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| GK | Scott Bain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | J. Doig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Colby Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | N. Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | L. Millar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FW | J. McPake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Kristi Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lineups
North Macedonia
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 23 | S. Dimitrievski |
| Starter | DF | 14 | Mario Mladenovski |
| Starter | DF | 6 | V. Musliu |
| Starter | DF | 13 | Anes Meljichi |
| Starter | MF | 2 | Bojan Ilievski |
| Starter | MF | 16 | M. Gashtarov |
| Starter | MF | 8 | Luka Stankovski |
| Starter | MF | 3 | Sebastian Herrera |
| Starter | FW | 10 | Enis Bardhi |
| Starter | FW | 7 | E. Elmas |
| Starter | FW | 9 | Bojan Miovski |
| Bench | DF | 5 | Gjorge Djekov |
| Bench | MF | 21 | Jani Atanasov |
| Bench | MF | 15 | Agon Elezi |
| Bench | FW | 19 | Ljupche Doriev |
| Bench | FW | 22 | Hristijan Maleski |
Show unused substitutes (7)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 1 | Davor Taleski |
| Bench | GK | 12 | Damjan Siskovski |
| Bench | DF | 4 | Andrej Stojchevski |
| Bench | MF | 18 | Tihomir Kostadinov |
| Bench | MF | 20 | Dimitar Mitrovski |
| Bench | FW | 11 | Elmin Rastoder |
| Bench | FW | 17 | Azer Omeragić |
Scotland
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 1 | Angus Gunn |
| Starter | DF | 5 | S. Welsh |
| Starter | DF | 16 | S. McKenna |
| Starter | DF | 4 | Luis Binks |
| Starter | MF | 17 | B. Doak |
| Starter | MF | 19 | L. Ferguson |
| Starter | MF | 8 | B. Gilmour |
| Starter | MF | 3 | A. Robertson |
| Starter | FW | 7 | J. McGinn |
| Starter | FW | 9 | O. McBurnie |
| Starter | FW | 20 | K. Bowie |
| Bench | MF | 11 | R. Christie |
| Bench | FW | 10 | R. Ure |
| Bench | DF | 2 | A. Hickey |
| Bench | DF | 18 | L. Graham |
Show unused substitutes (8)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 12 | Liam Kelly |
| Bench | GK | 21 | Scott Bain |
| Bench | DF | 6 | J. Doig |
| Bench | DF | 13 | Colby Donovan |
| Bench | DF | 22 | N. Patterson |
| Bench | MF | 14 | L. Millar |
| Bench | FW | 15 | J. McPake |
| Bench | MF | 23 | Kristi Montgomery |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 6' | Scotland | 🟨 Yellow card | O. McBurnie | |
| 1H 7' | Scotland | ⚽ Goal | K. Bowie | 0-1 |
| 1H 31' | North Macedonia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Sebastian Herrera → IN Gjorge Djekov | |
| 1H 31' | North Macedonia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Luka Stankovski → IN Jani Atanasov | |
| 1H 37' | North Macedonia | 🟨 Yellow card | Jani Atanasov | |
| 1H 44' | North Macedonia | 🟨 Yellow card | Gjorge Djekov | |
| 1H 45+1' | North Macedonia | 🟨 Yellow card | Mario Mladenovski | |
| 2H 1' | Scotland | 🔄 Substitution | OUT O. McBurnie → IN R. Christie | |
| 2H 6' | Scotland | 📺 VAR | B. Doak | |
| 2H 17' | North Macedonia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Bojan Ilievski → IN Ljupche Doriev | |
| 2H 17' | North Macedonia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Enis Bardhi → IN Agon Elezi | |
| 2H 18' | Scotland | 📺 VAR | K. Bowie | |
| 2H 23' | North Macedonia | 🟨 Yellow card | Bojan Miovski | |
| 2H 24' | Scotland | ⚽ Goal | J. McGinn | 0-2 |
| 2H 30' | Scotland | 🔄 Substitution | OUT K. Bowie → IN R. Ure | |
| 2H 31' | Scotland | 🔄 Substitution | OUT B. Doak → IN A. Hickey | |
| 2H 34' | North Macedonia | 🔄 Substitution | OUT M. Gashtarov → IN Hristijan Maleski | |
| 2H 35' | North Macedonia | 🟨 Yellow card | Anes Meljichi | |
| 2H 38' | Scotland | 🟥 Red card | S. McKenna | |
| 2H 43' | Scotland | 🔄 Substitution | OUT B. Gilmour → IN L. Graham |
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