Romania
3 - 2
N. Macedonia

Tanase (28'), Mihaila (50'), Hagi (86')
Mihaila (41'), Bancu (59'), Maxim (90+2')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Ademi (82'), Trajkovski (83')
Nikolov (36'), Pandev (45+1'), Alioski (72'), Stojanovski (89')

Preview

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Europe clash between Romania and North Macedonia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Romania win with a probability of 51.39%. A draw had a probability of 24.9% and a win for North Macedonia had a probability of 23.66%.

The most likely scoreline for a Romania win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.52%) and 2-0 (9.49%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.86%), while for a North Macedonia win it was 0-1 (7.39%). The actual scoreline of 3-2 was predicted with a 2.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Romania would win this match.

Result
Romania	Draw	North Macedonia
51.39%	24.95%	23.66%

Both teams to score 50.61%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

48.37%

51.63%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.58%

73.41%

Romania Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.91%

20.08%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.67%

52.32%

North Macedonia Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.33%

36.66%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.55%

73.45%

Score Analysis

Romania 51.38%

North Macedonia 23.66%

Draw 24.95%

Romania	Draw	North Macedonia
1-0 @ 11.81% 2-1 @ 9.52% 2-0 @ 9.49% 3-1 @ 5.09% 3-0 @ 5.08% 3-2 @ 2.56% 4-1 @ 2.04% 4-0 @ 2.04% 4-2 @ 1.03% Other @ 2.73% Total : 51.38%	1-1 @ 11.86% 0-0 @ 7.36% 2-2 @ 4.78% Other @ 0.95% Total : 24.95%	0-1 @ 7.39% 1-2 @ 5.95% 0-2 @ 3.71% 1-3 @ 1.99% 2-3 @ 1.6% 0-3 @ 1.24% Other @ 1.78% Total : 23.66%