Albania 2-1 Macedonia - September 06, 2016 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018
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ALB
9' - Goal
Armando Sadiku9
ALB
46' - Yellow card
Ostoja Stjepanovic
51' - Goal
Ezgjan Alioski
59' - Yellow card
Leonard Zuta
60' - Substitution
Amir Abrashiis substituted by Bekim Balaj
60' - Substitution
Shkelzen Gashiis substituted by Ledian Memushaj60
61' - Substitution
Ostoja Stjepanovicis substituted by Milovan Petrovic
67' - Substitution
Jahmir Hykais substituted by Odise Roshi67
74' - Substitution
Ferhan Hasaniis substituted by Nikola Gjorgjev 89' - Goal
Bekim Balaj89
89' - Substitution
Daniel Mojsovis substituted by Besart Ibraimi
MAC
MAC
Team line-ups
Albania
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G |
Etrit Berisha | 27 | 39 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 15 | D |
Mergim Mavraj | 30 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 6 | D |
Berat Djimsiti | 23 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 4 | D |
Elseid Hysaj | 22 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 7 | D |
Ansi Agolli | 33 | 65 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 22 | M |
Amir Abrashi | 60 | 26 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 14 | M |
Taulant Xhaka | 25 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 13 | M |
Burim Kukeli | 32 | 19 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 11 | F |
Shkelzen Gashi | 60 | 28 | 16 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 18 | F |
Jahmir Hyka | 67 | 28 | 38 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 10 | F |
Armando Sadiku | 9 | 25 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
Average age
27.2 years
Average number of matches played for the team
27
Macedonia
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | G |
Kostadin Zahov | 28 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 5 | D |
Daniel Mojsov | 89 | 28 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 4 | D |
Kire Ristevski | 25 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 6 | D |
Vance Sikov | 31 | 50 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 13 | D |
Stefan Ristovski | 24 | 26 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 8 | F |
Ezgjan Alioski | 51 | 24 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 3 | M |
Leonard Zuta | 59 | 24 | 12 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 17 | M |
Ostoja Stjepanovic | 6146 | 31 | 15 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 20 | M |
Stefan Spirovski | 26 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 11 | M |
Ferhan Hasani | 74 | 26 | 24 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 10 | F |
Goran Pandev | 33 | 80 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
27.3 years
Average number of matches played for the team
24
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | G |
Alban Hoxha | 28 | ||||
| 12 | G |
Orges Shehi | 38 | ||||
| 3 | D |
Ermir Lenjani | 27 | ||||
| 5 | D |
Frédéric Veseli | 23 | ||||
| 17 | D |
Naser Aliji | 22 | ||||
| 2 | D |
Andi Lila | 30 | ||||
| 9 | M |
Ledian Memushaj | 60 | 29 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 8 | M |
Migjen Basha | 29 | ||||
| 20 | M |
Ergys Kace | 23 | ||||
| 21 | M |
Odise Roshi | 67 | 25 | 35 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 19 | F |
Bekim Balaj | 8960 | 25 | 17 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 16 | F |
Sokol Cikalleshi | 26 | ||||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G |
Stole Dimitrievski | 22 | ||||
| 19 | D |
Milovan Petrovic | 61 | 26 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 18 | M |
Nikola Gjorgjev | 74 | 19 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 9 | F |
Besart Ibraimi | 89 | 29 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 7 | F |
Ivan Trickovski | 29 | ||||
| 15 | F |
Ilija Nestorovski | 26 | ||||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Burim Kukeli
IN
Migjen Basha
OUT
Armando Sadiku
IN
Sokol Cikalleshi
OUT
Ansi Agolli
IN
Ermir Lenjani
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Ostoja Stjepanovic
IN
Ivan Trickovski
OUT
Kostadin Zahov
IN
Stole Dimitrievski
OUT
Ezgjan Alioski
IN
Boban Nikolov
OUT
Stefan Spirovski
IN
Bojan Najdenov
OUT
Ferhan Hasani
IN
Aleksandar Trajkovski
OUT
Daniel Mojsov
IN
Gjoko Zajkov
OUT
Leonard Zuta
IN
Marjan Radeski
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
60
44
Success rate in this team:
41 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
37 %
De Biasi vs Macedonia
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
De Biasi vs Angelovski
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
40
7
Success rate in this team:
29 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
53 %
Angelovski vs Albania
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Angelovski vs De Biasi
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Referee
Göcek Hüseyin
3 victories |
1 draw |
0 loss |
Albania4 matches | General total | Macedonia3 matches | 0 victory |
1 draw |
2 losses |
1 victory |
0 draw |
0 loss |
Albania1 match | Season total | Macedonia1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on November 11, 2020 | Latest figure on September 06, 2016 | |||||||
Videos
Key figures
Albania keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 29/03/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history
Albania keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Macedonia running (since 07/02/2007). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/01/2002 (3 matches)
It's the first time Bekim Balaj scores 1 goal vs North Macedonia in his professional career
General ranking
| 1 | Spain | 3 pts | 1 rd | |
| 2 | Italy | 3 pts | 1 rd | |
| 3 | Albania | 3 pts | 1 rd | |
| 4 | Macedonia | 0 pt | 1 rd | |
| -2 | 5 | Israel | 0 pt | 1 rd |
General ranking
| 2 | Italy | 3 pts | 1 rd | |
| 3 | Albania | 3 pts | 1 rd | |
| 4 | Macedonia | 0 pt | 1 rd | |
| -2 | 5 | Israel | 0 pt | 1 rd |
| -2 | 6 | Liechtenstein | 0 pt | 1 rd |
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | VAlbania 2-1 Armenia29/03/2015 | VAlbania 1-0 France13/06/2015 | LAlbania 0-1 Portugal07/09/2015 | LAlbania 0-2 Serbia08/10/2015 | DAlbania 2-2 Georgia16/11/2015 | DAlbania 0-0 Morocco31/08/2016 |
| Overall | VAlbania 3-1 Qatar29/05/2016 | LAlbania 1-3 Ukraine03/06/2016 | LAlbania 0-1 Switzerland11/06/2016 | LFrance 2-0 Albania15/06/2016 | VRomania 0-1 Albania19/06/2016 | DAlbania 0-0 Morocco31/08/2016 |
Current form
| Away | LSpain 5-1 Macedonia08/09/2014 | LUkraine 1-0 Macedonia12/10/2014 | LSlovakia 2-1 Macedonia14/06/2015 | LLuxembourg 1-0 Macedonia05/09/2015 | DBelarus 0-0 Macedonia12/10/2015 | LSlovenia 1-0 Macedonia23/03/2016 |
| Overall | VMacedonia 4-1 Montenegro12/11/2015 | LMacedonia 0-1 Lebanon17/11/2015 | LSlovenia 1-0 Macedonia23/03/2016 | LMacedonia 0-2 Bulgaria29/03/2016 | VMacedonia 3-1 Azerbaijan29/05/2016 | LMacedonia 1-3 Iran02/06/2016 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing streak | 2 | 1 |
| Unbeaten streak | 2 | 2 |
| Winless streak | 4 | 1 |
| Goalless streak | 1 | 1 |
| Invincibility streak | 1 | 2 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 1 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 19 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 1 | 6 |
| Scoring streak | 0 | 2 |
| Goalless streak | 3 | 0 |
| Conceding streak | 1 | 6 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Rankings
Ranking evolution during the season
Results
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Victories (Competition total) |
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Victories (Home / Away) |
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Draws (Competition total) |
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Draws (Home / Away) |
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Losses (Competition total) |
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Losses (Home / Away) |
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Goals
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Goals scored (Competition total) |
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Goals scored (Home / Away) |
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Goals conceded (Competition total) |
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Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
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Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
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Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
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Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
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Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
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Betting aid
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Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
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Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
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Clean sheets (Competition total) |
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Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
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Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
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Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
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The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
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The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
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Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
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Bookings
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Yellow cards (Competition total) |
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Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
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Red cards (Competition total) |
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Red cards (Home / Away) |
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Key players
Historical head to head
Home
2 gf
1 ga
Away
2 gf
9 ga
Neutral ground
0 gf
0 ga
Total
4 gf
10 ga
Historical head to head
Home
9 gf
2 ga
Away
1 gf
2 ga
Neutral ground
0 gf
0 ga
Total
10 gf
4 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 2 - 0 |
February 10, 1999 |
| Home | 2 - 0 |
February 10, 1999 |
Largest victory
| Overall | 5 - 1 |
May 14, 1994 |
| Away | 1 - 0 |
February 07, 2007 |
Latest head to head
November 15, 2011 - Rencontres amicales 2011
November 17, 2010 - Rencontres amicales 2010
February 07, 2007 - Rencontres amicales 2007
August 20, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003
January 05, 2002 - Rencontres amicales 2002
Best historical scorers against Macedonia
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Erjon Bogdani | 1 goal | 1999 - 1999 |
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Altin Rraklli | 1 goal | 1994 - 1994 |
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Rudi Vata | 1 goal | 1999 - 1999 |
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Ervin Skela | 1 goal | 2003 - 2003 |
Best historical scorers against Albania
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Vanco Micevski | 2 goals | 1994 - 1994 |
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Zoran Boskovski | 1 goal | 1994 - 1994 |
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Marjan Stojkovski | 1 goal | 1994 - 1994 |
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Stevica Ristic | 1 goal | 2007 - 2007 |
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Ilco Naumoski | 1 goal | 2003 - 2003 |
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Draganco Dimitrovski | 1 goal | 2003 - 2003 |
Players with most games played vs Macedonia
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Altin Haxhi | 4 matches | 1999 - 2007 |
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Devis Mukaj | 4 matches | 1999 - 2007 |
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Igli Tare | 4 matches | 1999 - 2007 |
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Klodian Duro | 4 matches | 2002 - 2010 |
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Elvin Beqiri | 3 matches | 2002 - 2007 |
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Edmond Dalipi | 3 matches | 1994 - 2000 |
Players with most games played vs Albania
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Velice Sumulikoski | 4 matches | 2003 - 2011 |
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Goce Sedloski | 4 matches | 1999 - 2007 |
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Goran Stavrevski | 3 matches | 1999 - 2003 |
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Igor Mitreski | 3 matches | 2003 - 2010 |
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Vlatko Grozdanoski | 3 matches | 2002 - 2007 |
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Artim Sakiri | 3 matches | 1999 - 2003 |
They played in both sides
3 matches
1 match
They played in both sides
3 matches
1 match
Competition info
The other matches
September 04, 2016
September 05, 2016
September 06, 2016
Post-match general ranking
| pts | m | v | d | l | GF | GA | diff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|  | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 |
2
|  | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
3
|  | Albania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
4
|  | Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
-25
|  | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
-26
|  | Liechtenstein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 |
Comments
Match had resumed on Tuesday at 1-1 from the 76th minute.