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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Finals

Estadio do Dragão - Porto - Portugal

March 29, 2022 - 20:45

Portugal

2 - 0

North Macedonia

Assist by Cristiano Ronaldo (right foot) Bruno Fernandes

32'

Assist by Diogo Jota (right foot) Bruno Fernandes

65'

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32' - Goal Bruno Fernandes32

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46' - Substitution Milan Ristovskiis substituted by Bojan Miovski

59' - Substitution Aleksandar Trajkovskiis substituted by Darko Churlinov

65' - Goal Bruno Fernandes65

68' - Yellow card João Cancelo68

68' - Yellow card Visar Musliu

74' - Yellow card Ezgjan Alioski

75' - Substitution Tihomir Kostadinovis substituted by Stefan Ashkovski

76' - Substitution Otáviois substituted by William Carvalho photo Rafael Leão

76' - Substitution Diogo Jotais substituted by Rafael Leão76

87' - Substitution Bruno Fernandesis substituted by Matheus Nunes photo João Félix

87' - Substitution Bernardo Silvais substituted by João Félix87

87' - Substitution Eljif Elmasis substituted by Boban Nikolov

91' - Substitution João Moutinhois substituted by Vitinha91

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portugal

2 - 0

North Macedonia

Portugal North Macedonia

Team line-ups

Portugal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Bernardo Silva87

Bernardo Silva

Portugal

B.date10/08/1994

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

19Jota76

Diogo Jota

Portugal

B.date04/12/1996

Age25 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age37 years

H1m85

positionStriker

16Otávio76

Otávio

Portugal

B.date09/02/1995

Age27 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Moutinho90+1

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age35 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

11Fernandes653287

Bruno Fernandes

Portugal

B.date08/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

2Mendes

Nuno Mendes

Portugal

B.date19/06/2002

Age19 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

3Pepe

Pepe

Portugal

B.date26/02/1983

Age39 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

13Danilo Pereira

Danilo Pereira

Portugal

B.date09/09/1991

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

20João Cancelo68

João Cancelo

Portugal

B.date27/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

22Costa

Diogo Costa

Portugal

B.date19/09/1999

Age22 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Diogo Costa		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Pepe		39	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Danilo Pereira		30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Nuno Mendes		19	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	João Cancelo	68	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Moutinho	90+1	35	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Bruno Fernandes	653287	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Diogo Jota	76	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Bernardo Silva	87	27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Otávio	76	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo		37	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

North Macedonia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Trajkovski59

Aleksandar Trajkovski

North Macedonia

B.date05/09/1992

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19Ristovski46

Milan Ristovski

North Macedonia

B.date08/04/1998

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

7Elmas87

Eljif Elmas

North Macedonia

B.date24/09/1999

Age22 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

10Bardhi

Enis Bardhi

North Macedonia

B.date02/07/1995

Age26 years

H1m69

positionOffensive Midfielder

5Ademi

Arijan Ademi

North Macedonia

B.date29/05/1991

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Kostadinov75

Tihomir Kostadinov

North Macedonia

B.date04/03/1996

Age26 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Alioski74

Ezgjan Alioski

North Macedonia

B.date12/02/1992

Age30 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

6Musliu68

Visar Musliu

North Macedonia

B.date13/11/1994

Age27 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

14Velkovski

Darko Velkovski

North Macedonia

B.date21/06/1995

Age26 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

13Ristovski

Stefan Ristovski

North Macedonia

B.date12/02/1992

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

1Dimitrievski

Stole Dimitrievski

North Macedonia

B.date25/12/1993

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Stole Dimitrievski		28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Darko Velkovski		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Visar Musliu	68	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Ezgjan Alioski	74	30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Stefan Ristovski		30	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Arijan Ademi		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Eljif Elmas	87	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Tihomir Kostadinov	75	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Aleksandar Trajkovski	59	29	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Enis Bardhi		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Milan Ristovski	46	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	José Sá		29
1	G	Rui Patricio		34
6	D	José Fonte		38
5	D	Raphaël Guerreiro		28
21	D	Cédric Soares		30
14	M	William Carvalho	76	29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Vitinha	90+1	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Matheus Nunes	87	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Gonçalo Guedes		25
23	F	João Félix	87	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Rafael Leão	76	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	André Silva		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Kristijan Naumovski		33
22	G	Damjan Siskovski		27
15	D	Nikola Serafimov		22
4	D	Kire Ristevski		31
3	D	Stefan Ashkovski	75	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Todor Todoroski		23
16	M	Boban Nikolov	87	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Stefan Spirovski		31
11	M	Darko Churlinov	59	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	David Babunski		28
23	F	Bojan Miovski	46	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Dorian Babunski		25

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nuno Mendes

Raphaël Guerreiro

OUT

João Cancelo

Diogo Dalot

OUT

Pepe

José Fonte

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tihomir Kostadinov

Darko Churlinov

OUT

Eljif Elmas

Boban Nikolov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Santos

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Santos vs North Macedonia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Santos vs Milevski

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Blagoja Milevski

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Milevski vs Portugal

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Milevski vs Santos

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Referee

Anthony Taylor

1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Portugal4 matches	General total	North Macedonia3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portugal1 match	Season total	North Macedonia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 29, 2022					Latest figure on March 29, 2022

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Important actions

90+4'		End of game.
90+1'		João Moutinho is substituted by Vitinha.
87'		Eljif Elmas is substituted by Boban Nikolov.
87'		Bernardo Silva is substituted by João Félix.
87'		Bruno Fernandes is substituted by Matheus Nunes.
76'		Otávio is substituted by William Carvalho.
76'		Diogo Jota is substituted by Rafael Leão.
75'		Tihomir Kostadinov is substituted by Stefan Ashkovski.
74'		Yellow card! Ezgjan Alioski is shown a YELLOW CARD.
68'		Yellow card! João Cancelo is shown a YELLOW CARD.
68'		Yellow card! Visar Musliu is shown a YELLOW CARD.
65'		GOOOAAAAL!! Bernardo Silva scores. Assist by Diogo Jota.
59'		Aleksandar Trajkovski is substituted by Darko Churlinov.
46'		Milan Ristovski is substituted by Bojan Miovski.
45'		Second half.
45+2'		Half time.
32'		GOOOAAAAL!! Bruno Fernandes scores. Assist by Cristiano Ronaldo.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

It's the first time Bruno Fernandes scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs North Macedonia in his professional career

It's the first time Bruno Fernandes scores at least 2 goals during the same game in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

No Portugal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Fernando Santos has reached 52% of clean sheets .

Read the next 2 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortugal 4-0 Israel09/06/2021

VPortugal 2-1 Ireland01/09/2021

VPortugal 3-0 Qatar09/10/2021

VPortugal 5-0 Luxembourg12/10/2021

LPortugal 1-2 Serbia14/11/2021

VPortugal 3-1 Turkey24/03/2022

Overall

VAzerbaijan 0-3 Portugal07/09/2021

VPortugal 3-0 Qatar09/10/2021

VPortugal 5-0 Luxembourg12/10/2021

DIreland 0-0 Portugal11/11/2021

LPortugal 1-2 Serbia14/11/2021

VPortugal 3-1 Turkey24/03/2022

Current form

Away

VGermany 1-2 North Macedonia31/03/2021

LNorth Macedonia 0-3 Netherlands21/06/2021

DIceland 2-2 North Macedonia05/09/2021

VLiechtenstein 0-4 North Macedonia08/10/2021

VArmenia 0-5 North Macedonia11/11/2021

VItaly 0-1 North Macedonia24/03/2022

Overall

DNorth Macedonia 0-0 Romania08/09/2021

VLiechtenstein 0-4 North Macedonia08/10/2021

LNorth Macedonia 0-4 Germany11/10/2021

VArmenia 0-5 North Macedonia11/11/2021

VNorth Macedonia 3-1 Iceland14/11/2021

VItaly 0-1 North Macedonia24/03/2022

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	9	2
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	4	3
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	4	3
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	11
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	6
3	Victories (Home / Away)	4
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
2.22	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.18
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
0.78	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (1 times)

Bookings

19	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Cristiano Ronaldo	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Aleksandar Trajkovski
Cristiano Ronaldo	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Aleksandar Trajkovski
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Enis Bardhi
Cristiano Ronaldo	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Enis Bardhi
Bernardo Silva	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ezgjan Alioski
Bernardo Silva	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Ezgjan Alioski
Otávio	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Aleksandar Trajkovski

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 02, 2003
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

May 26, 2012 - Rencontres amicales 2012

Portugal

0 - 0

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April 02, 2003 - Rencontres amicales 2003

Portugal

1 - 0

North Macedonia logo North Macedonia

Best historical scorers against North Macedonia

Luis Figo

1 goal

2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portugal

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs North Macedonia

Costinha	1 match	2003 - 2003
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 match	2012 - 2012
Sergio Conceiçao	1 match	2003 - 2003
Joao Pereira	1 match	2012 - 2012
Luis Figo	1 match	2003 - 2003
Raul Meireles	1 match	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portugal

Boban Grncarov	2 matches	2003 - 2012
Goran Pandev	2 matches	2003 - 2012
Artim Sakiri	1 match	2003 - 2003
Nikola Gligorov	1 match	2012 - 2012
Velice Sumulikoski	1 match	2003 - 2003
Vance Sikov	1 match	2012 - 2012