North Macedonia vs England 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

North Macedonia

41': Enis Bardhi

FT
1 - 1

England

59': Jani Atanasov (OG)

England end unbeaten Euro qualifying with North Macedonia draw

England secured a 1-1 draw in North Macedonia on Monday to complete an unbeaten qualifying campaign for the Euro 2024.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
17': Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
40': Rico Lewis (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Penalty saved. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
41': Goal! North Macedonia 1, England 0. Enis Bardhi (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
45'+6': First Half ends, North Macedonia 1, England 0.
45': Second Half begins North Macedonia 1, England 0.
56': Trent Alexander-Arnold (England) is shown the yellow card.
58': Substitution, England. Harry Kane replaces Ollie Watkins.
59': Own Goal by Jani Atanasov, North Macedonia. North Macedonia 1, England 1.
75': Substitution, North Macedonia. Milan Ristovski replaces Bojan Miovski.
75': Substitution, North Macedonia. Tihomir Kostadinov replaces Isnik Alimi.
84': Substitution, England. Kalvin Phillips replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
84': Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Jack Grealish.
84': Substitution, England. Cole Palmer replaces Bukayo Saka.
86': Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Ashkovski replaces Bojan Dimoski.
90'+1': Substitution, North Macedonia. Agon Elezi replaces Jani Atanasov.
90'+7': Second Half ends, North Macedonia 1, England 1.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Attendance: 27,982

UEFA European Championship Qualifying Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+18	England	8	20	0
+7	Italy	8	14	2
+3	Ukraine	8	14	2
-10	North Macedonia	8	8	4

Full Table

Statistics

MKD		ENG
16	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
1	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	2
25.2	Possession	74.8
5	SHOTS	16
3	ON GOAL	2
0.6	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
152	Accurate Passes	582
222	Passes	653
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	6
5	Crosses	21
0.2	Cross %	0.3
48	Long Balls	29
19	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	7
9	Effective Tackles	7
16	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
9	Interceptions	4
25	Effective Clearances	3
25	Clearances	3

Line-Ups

North Macedonia (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Stole Dimitrievski (GK)
4	Nikola Serafimov
6	Visar Musliu
15	Jovan Manev
21	Jani Atanasov
18	Isnik Alimi
10	Enis Bardhi
8	Ezgjan Alioski
14	Bojan Dimoski
7	Eljif Elmas
9	Bojan Miovski

Substitutes:

Milan Ristovski, Dimitar Mitrovski, Erdon Daci, Igor Aleksovski, Todor Todoroski, Tihomir Kostadinov, Arijan Ademi, Ahmed Iljazovski, Damjan Siskovski, Stefan Askovski, Agon Elezi, Darko Churlinov.

England (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jordan Pickford (GK)
5	Marc Guehi
6	Harry Maguire
3	Rico Lewis
2	Kyle Walker
8	Phil Foden
4	Declan Rice
10	Trent Alexander-Arnold
9	Ollie Watkins
11	Jack Grealish
7	Bukayo Saka

Substitutes:

Sam Johnstone, Fikayo Tomori, Ezri Konsa, Kalvin Phillips, Jordan Henderson, Aaron Ramsdale, Harry Kane, Cole Palmer, Conor Gallagher, Marcus Rashford.