Wales vs FYR Macedonia
Ref: Danny Makkelie, Netherlands
Match recap
Wales beat FYR Macedonia 7–1 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Wilson, Brooks, Johnson, James, Wilson, Wilson, and Broadhead scored for Wales; Miovski replied for FYR Macedonia. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 4.63 for Wales versus 0.59 for FYR Macedonia.
First Half
11'
Kostadinov
Yellow Card
17'
Dimitrievski
Yellow Card
⚽
Wilson
Penalty
⚽
Brooks
Assist: Johnson
23'
⚽
Miovski
Assist: Velkovski
⚽
Johnson
Assist: Dasilva
Second Half
55'
⇄
Kostadinov
55'
⇄
Unknown
⚽
James
Assist: Wilson
⇄
James
64'
⇄
Alimi
⇄
Brooks
64'
⇄
Miovski
⚽
Wilson
80'
Velkovski
Yellow Card
⚽
Wilson
Penalty
82'
⇄
Ashkovski
⇄
Rodon
⇄
Williams
⇄
Cullen
⚽
Broadhead
Assist: Davies
Match Statistics
WalesFYR Macedonia
11Won
Statistical edge
11–2
battles won across 14 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
4.63VS0.59
Attack4 · 1 won
17
Shots
6
10
Shots on target
2
15
Shots in the box
2
2
Shots outside box
4
2
Shots off goal
2
9
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
70%
Possession
30%
605
Total passes
262
550
Accurate passes
191
91%
Pass accuracy
73%
Discipline2 · 0 won
6
Fouls
12
0
Yellow cards
3
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
3
5
Blocked shots
2
Wales
4-1-4-1
FYR Macedonia
5-3-2
Wales
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 1K. DarlowG
- 3N. WilliamsD
- 4D. LawlorD
- 5J. DasilvaD
- 6J. RodonD
- 7D. BrooksM
- 8H. WilsonF
- 10L. CullenM
- 11B. JohnsonM
- 20D. JamesM
- 22J. SheehanM
Substitutes
- 2C. MephamD
- 9L. KoumasF
- 12T. KingG
- 13I. DaviesF
- 14R. KpakioD
- 15R. Norrington-DaviesD
- 16J. ColwillM
- 17R. ColwillM
- 18M. HarrisF
- 19S. ThomasM
- 21A. DaviesG
- 23N. BroadheadF
FYR Macedonia
5-3-2Starting XI
- 3S. AshkovskiD
- 5G. ZajkovD
- 7E. ElmasF
- 10E. BardhiM
- 14D. VelkovskiD
- 16I. AlimiM
- 18T. KostadinovM
- 20B. MiovskiF
- 23S. DimitrievskiG
Substitutes
- 1D. IlievG
- 4N. SerafimovD
- 8D. BabunskiM
- 9A. TrajkovskiF
- 11D. ChurlinovF
- 12I. AleksovskiG
- 17L. QamiliF
- 19M. RistovskiF
- 21J. AtanasovM
- 22R. RamadaniM
Wales
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Wilson(C) | F | 90 | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1/2 |
| Brennan Johnson | M | 90 | 8.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5/7 |
| David Brooks | M | 64 | 8.2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0/2 |
| Daniel James | M | 64 | 7.7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Jay Dasilva | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Liam Cullen | M | 85 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Neco Williams | D | 82 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Josh Sheehan | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dylan Lawlor | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Joe Rodon | D | 82 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Karl Darlow | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Rhys Norrington-Davies | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Davies | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tom King | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isaak Davies | F | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Rubin Colwill | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lewis Koumas | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joel Colwill | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Harris | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nathan Broadhead | F | 26 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sorba Thomas | M | 26 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Ronan Kpakio | D | 8 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Chris Mepham | D | 8 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
FYR Macedonia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bojan Miovski | F | 64 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Isnik Alimi | M | 64 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Eljif Elmas | F | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Tihomir Kostadinov | M | 55 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Enis Bardhi(C) | M | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Andrej Stojchevski | D | 55 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darko Velkovski | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Stole Dimitrievski | G | 90 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gjoko Zajkov | D | 90 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bojan Ilievski | D | 90 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Stefan Aškovski | D | 82 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dejan Iliev | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandar Trajkovski | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milan Ristovski | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reshat Ramadani | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Igor Aleksovski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Babunski | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darko Churlinov | F | 35 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Lirim Qamili | F | 35 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jani Atanasov | M | 26 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikola Serafimov | D | 8 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |