North Macedonia vs Wales Preview & Prediction | 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (UEFA)

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North Macedonia eased to a comfortable victory in their opening FIFA World Cup qualifier the other day as they now face a Wales side still unbeaten under former captain Craig Bellamy.

Kick-off date/time: Tuesday 25th March, 2025: UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 3:45pm / US PT – 12:45pm

How to watch on TV: UK – BBC / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – BBC iPlayer / US – Fox Soccer Plus

Key Stats

The only previous matches between these teams were in the qualifying campaign for the 2014 World Cup. Both were won by the home team (North Macedonia 2-1 Wales and Wales 1-0 North Macedonia).
North Macedonia have won four of their last five World Cup qualifying matches (L1).
North Macedonia have lost only two of their last 12 World Cup qualifying matches (W7 D3).
North Macedonia have won their last six international matches without conceding a goal.
Bojan Miovski has scored in four of North Macedonia’s last six international matches.
Wales have lost only two of their last 23 World Cup qualifying matches (W12 D9), with no defeats in the last ten (W7 D3).
Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Wales have lost only one of their last 17 international matches (W8 D8).

North Macedonia vs Wales Prediction

North Macedonia qualified for UEFA EURO 2020 and have shown improvement in the last half a decade or so but they now take on another developing and improving side, Wales, looking for a fourth major tournament qualification in the last ten years.

The North Macedonians come into this one having begun UEFA’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign with a comfortable 3-0 defeat of a poor Liechtenstein side at the Rheinpark Stadion the other day thanks to goals from Aleksandar Trajkovski, Visar Musliu and Girona striker Bojan Miovski.

Wales have played seven matches since the appointment of Craig Bellamy and those seven games have seen them kick off FIFA World Cup qualifying with a 3-1 defeat of Kazakhstan at the Cardiff City Stadium the other day as well as earn automatic promotion to League A of the UEFA Nations League in the autumn.

This could be quite a fun watch for the neutral, as appears to be the desire of Bellamy, so both teams scoring would appear a good bet for this one in Skopje.

North Macedonia vs Wales Tip: Both teams to score