Analysis and prediction for North Macedonia vs Belgium: The home team will stage a surprise comeback.
The World Cup qualifying match between North Macedonia and Belgium will take place at 1:45 AM on June 7th. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the teams' form, provides football commentary, and predicts the score.
Latest team news for North Macedonia vs Belgium
Goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski (Valencia) is likely to be in goal for North Macedonia, protected by a trio of central defenders Gjoko Zajkov, Visar Musliu, and Jovan Manev.
Enis Bardhi will wear the captain's armband in Friday's match and is one of the team's main attacking threats, currently being the third-highest goalscorer in the national team's history.
Girona striker Miovski, who has scored 5 goals in his last 7 appearances for the national team, will play as the lone striker for the home side.
On the visiting team's side, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) will be unavailable due to a back injury.
Although Nordin Jackers (Club Brugge) has been called up as a replacement, Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) is more likely to start in goal in the next match.
Romelu Lukaku – who recently won the Serie A title with Napoli – will continue to lead Belgium's attack and aim to increase his tally of 88 goals for the national team.
Latest predicted lineups for North Macedonia vs Belgium
North Macedonia:
Dimitrievsky; Zajkov, Musliu, Manev; Ilievski, Alimi, Kostadinov, Alioski; Bardhi; Miovski, Elmas
Belgium:
Sels; Meunier, Faes, Debast, De Cuyper; De Bruyne, Onana, Tielemans; Trossard, Doku, Lukaku
Latest football match prediction: North Macedonia vs Belgium
North Macedonia is nurturing the dream of participating in the World Cup finals for the first time in history, after making its debut in a major tournament, EURO 2020.
They entered the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign in high form, having earned 16 points from 6 matches in the UEFA Nations League and being promoted from League C at the end of 2024.
North Macedonia continued its impressive form, starting the qualifying round with a 3-0 victory over Liechtenstein at home in March.
However, they were unable to secure a victory against Wales, as Bojan Miovski's 91st-minute shot was equalized by David Brooks in the 96th minute in a dramatic 1-1 draw. This result leaves North Macedonia level on 4 points with Wales in Group J.
Despite missing the opportunity to secure all three valuable points, this draw still extended their unbeaten streak to eight matches – their last defeat was against the Czech Republic in a friendly in June 2024.
In fact, they haven't lost an official match since their 2-5 defeat to Italy in the EURO 2024 qualifiers in November 2023. However, that unbeaten streak could be threatened when they face Belgium – currently ranked 8th in the world according to the FIFA rankings, 59 places higher than North Macedonia.
Coach Rudi Garcia took over the Belgian national team earlier this year after Domenico Tedesco was sacked due to poor performance at EURO 2024 and the 2024-25 Nations League.
After failing to advance beyond the round of 16 at EURO, the "Red Devils" continued to disappoint by finishing in a position that required them to play in the relegation play-offs in the Nations League, with 4 defeats in 6 matches in Group A2.
Garcia began his tenure with a 1-3 defeat to Ukraine in the first leg of the play-offs, but led Belgium to a 3-0 victory in the second leg to maintain their League A status in the Nations League.
The French strategist is now focused on leading Belgium to their fourth consecutive World Cup, as they are the top contenders in a group that includes North Macedonia, Wales, Kazakhstan, and Liechtenstein.
After a disappointing run of away games, Belgium will travel to Skopje hoping to secure their first away win since their 3-2 victory over Austria in the EURO qualifiers in October 2023.
The visiting team can be confident thanks to their superior head-to-head record: 3 wins and 1 draw in 4 encounters with North Macedonia, including 2 away wins – a 5-0 victory in the EURO qualifiers in June 1995 and a 2-0 victory in the World Cup qualifiers in March 2013.
Latest North Macedonia vs Belgium score prediction
Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.North Macedonia vs Belgiumas follows:
- Sportsmole:North Macedonia 1-2 Belgium
- WhoScore:North Macedonia 0-2 Belgium
- Our newspaper predicts:North Macedonia 1-2 Belgium
When and where can I watch North Macedonia vs Belgium live?
To watch the North Macedonia vs Belgium match live in the World Cup qualifiers, taking place at 1:45 AM on June 7th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.