Wales vs North Macedonia · World Cup Qualifying · UEFA

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A wide margin: Wales 7, North Macedonia 1 at Cardiff City Stadium (crowd 32,154); North Macedonia had not lost in 4 until now. Harry Wilson scored the winner at the 18-minute mark with a penalty and David Brooks added to the lead just three minutes after that; a goal from Bojan Miovski just two minutes after that cut it to 2-1 and Brennan Johnson widened the gap after 37 minutes. Daniel James widened the gap at the 57-minute mark and Harry Wilson widened the gap after 75 minutes; it went to 6-1 when Harry Wilson scored at the 81-minute mark with a penalty and Nathan Broadhead widened the gap late on, at 88 minutes. Wales had 70% of the ball and 17 shots to 6. Wales hit the target 10 times from 17 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- World Cup Qualifying · UEFA UEFA
- Campaign
- 2026 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage
- Ground
- Cardiff City Stadium · Cardiff · Wales
- Crowd
- 32,154
- Referee
- Danny Makkelie
- Wales form
- LLLWL
- North Macedonia form
- LLLLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
Timeline
Teams
Wales4-1-4-1
Bench
- 17Rubin Colwill
- 9Lewis Koumas
- 23Nathan Broadheadon for David Brooks, 64' ⚽
- 13Isaak Davieson for Liam Cullen, 85'
- 2Chris Mephamon for Joe Rodon, 82'
- 12Tom King
- 21Adam Davies
- 15Rhys Norrington-Davies
- 14Ronan Kpakioon for Neco Williams, 82'
- 16Joel Colwill
- 18Mark Harris
- 19Sorba Thomason for Daniel James, 64'
North Macedonia5-3-2
Bench
- 13Stefan Despotovski
- 15Elmin Rastoderon for Bojan Miovski, 64'
- 11Darko Churlinovon for Tihomir Kostadinov, 55'
- 19Milan Ristovski
- 8David Babunski
- 4Nikola Serafimovon for Stefan Askovski, 82'
- 21Jani Atanasovon for Isnik Alimi, 64'
- 9Aleksandar Trajkovski
- 17Lirim Kjamilion for Andrej Stojchevski, 55'
- 12Igor Aleksovski
- 22Reshat Ramadani
- 1Dejan Iliev
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | +22 | 18 | |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | +10 | 16 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 13 | |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 | |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -31 | 0 |