FYR Macedonia vs Belgium
Ref: Chris Kavanagh, England
Match recap
FYR Macedonia and Belgium drew 1–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Alioski scored for FYR Macedonia; De Cuyper replied for Belgium. FYR Macedonia held 32% possession to 68% for Belgium.
First Half
Atanasov
Yellow Card
28'
⚽
De Cuyper
44'
Meunier
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Atanasov
VAR
Goal cancelled
56'
⇄
Vanaken
⇄
Unknown
57'
⇄
Meunier
57'
⇄
De Bruyne
Musliu
Yellow Card
Ilievski
Yellow Card
Bardhi
Yellow Card
78'
⇄
De Cuyper
⇄
Unknown
⇄
Kostadinov
Mitrovski
Yellow Card
82'
⇄
Lukaku
⇄
Miovski
⚽
Alioski
Assist: Churlinov
Ristovski
Yellow Card
Match Statistics
FYR MacedoniaBelgium
1Won
Statistical edge
1–14
battles won across 15 metrics
Attack0 · 6 won
7
Shots
17
2
Shots on target
4
5
Shots in the box
11
2
Shots outside box
6
3
Shots off goal
6
1
Corners
10
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
32%
Possession
68%
261
Total passes
543
201
Accurate passes
479
77%
Pass accuracy
88%
Discipline0 · 3 won
13
Fouls
11
6
Yellow cards
1
2
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
2
Blocked shots
7
FYR Macedonia
5-3-2
Belgium
4-3-3
FYR Macedonia
5-3-2Starting XI
- 5G. ZajkovD
- 6V. MusliuD
- 7E. ElmasM
- 8E. AlioskiD
- 10E. BardhiF
- 18T. KostadinovM
- 20B. MiovskiF
- 21J. AtanasovM
- 23S. DimitrievskiG
Substitutes
- 1D. IlievG
- 3S. AshkovskiF
- 9A. TrajkovskiF
- 11D. ChurlinovM
- 12D. ShishkovskiG
- 14D. MitrovskiM
- 15J. ManevD
- 16K. TrapanovskiM
- 17A. EleziM
- 19M. RistovskiF
Belgium
4-3-3Starting XI
- 2Z. DebastD
- 4W. FaesD
- 5M. De CuyperD
- 7K. De BruyneM
- 10R. LukakuF
- 13M. SelsG
- 15T. MeunierD
- 20H. VanakenM
- 21N. RaskinM
- 22J. DokuF
- 23A. SaelemaekersF
Substitutes
- 1M. VandevoordtG
- 3A. TheateD
- 6A. OnanaM
- 8Y. TielemansM
- 9L. OpendaF
- 11L. TrossardF
- 12S. LammensG
- 14D. LukebakioF
- 16K. De WinterD
- 17C. De KetelaereF
- 18B. MecheleD
- 19M. FofanaF
FYR Macedonia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezgjan Alioski | D | 97 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2/3 |
| Eljif Elmas | M | 97 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4/8 |
| Enis Bardhi(C) | F | 97 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4/4 |
| Bojan Ilievski | D | 80 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gjoko Zajkov | D | 97 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Andrej Stojchevski | D | 57 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stole Dimitrievski | G | 97 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Visar Musliu | D | 97 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bojan Miovski | F | 85 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jani Atanasov | M | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tihomir Kostadinov | M | 80 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Damjan Siskovski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandar Trajkovski | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jovan Manev | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dejan Iliev | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristijan Trapanovski | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darko Churlinov | M | 40 | 6.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Agon Elezi | M | 52 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dimitar Mitrovski | M | 17 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefan Aškovski | F | 17 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Milan Ristovski | F | 12 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Belgium
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim De Cuyper | D | 78 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Alexis Saelemaekers | F | 97 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0/3 |
| Nicolas Raskin | M | 97 | 7.3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Jérémy Doku | F | 97 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7/13 |
| Thomas Meunier(C) | D | 57 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Kevin De Bruyne | M | 57 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Wout Faes | D | 97 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Zeno Debast | D | 97 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hans Vanaken | M | 56 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Matz Sels | G | 97 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Romelu Lukaku | F | 82 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dodi Lukebakio | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Mechele | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charles De Ketelaere | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malick Fofana | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Senne Lammens | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maarten Vandevoordt | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leandro Trossard | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Youri Tielemans | M | 40 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Amadou Onana | M | 41 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arthur Theate | D | 19 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Koni De Winter | D | 40 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Loïs Openda | F | 15 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |