North Macedonia take on the visitors Georgia in the round 3 match of League C in UEFA Nations League. The match will be played on Thursday, June 9th at National Arena Toshe Proeski (Skopje).
North Macedonia over the past couple of years has made people talk about themselves. The "Red Lions" were able to win their group in the debut draw of the League of Nations, and then the joint in the framework of the "League of Nations quota". That's right, through the "back door", but still the team made its debut at the Euro. It did not surprise and did not flash, but it looked relatively decent, fighting with all rivals. Then, already without the start of the legend No. 1, Pandev, the Macedonians took 2nd place in the qualifying group, and in March they created a sensation in the playoffs with a 1-0 victory away from Italy. Before the fairy tale, 1 step was not enough: in the decisive round, Portugal turned out to be stronger. In the new cycle, in June, Milevsky's men were able to take an away draw in Bulgaria. And after 3 days in Gibraltar they got the confident 2-0 win.
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Georgia remembers that it was in the League of Nations that it earned its only chance to play in a big tournament. "Crusaders" in the debut draw of this tournament took full advantage of the fact that, like Macedonia, they started in a simple division D. Then the representative of the Caucasus had no competitors: 5 wins and 1 draw. Everything, in order to reach the Euro, it remained to defeat the same leaders of their quartets twice. But, having beaten Belarus in the first round, in November 2020, the Georgians lost the decisive match at home... to Pandev and company! Well, in regular qualifiers their current level is to avoid falling to last place. In 2021, it worked out: they gained 7 points, and Kosovo - 5. Now Willy Sagnol's wards have started off with a bang, but there is little pride in defeating Gibraltar 4-0. And then quite unexpectedly dismantled Bulgaria on the road 5-2.
Even before the mentioned fatal defeat in the playoffs, in the same 2020, Georgia played with North Macedonia in the League of Nations draw. Then both meetings ended in identical draws, 1-1. Bookmakers tend to wait for the victory of the Macedonians. But Georgia started off powerfully and is now on the verge. We recommend betting on "over 2.0 goals"
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 scored goals.