Macedonia vs Turkey International Friendly Game Preview

The game between Macedonia and Turkey will be substantial for both sides because they are not in a good mood, as they are recording bad displays and this will present a perfect chance for them to improve that.

Their fans had bigger expectations from this campaign, and so far it is one huge disappointment. Macedonians have slight, almost theoretical chances to reach the playoffs, while the Turks have better odds, but still, it seems to be a difficult challenge.

Macedonia news and form

Currently, they are sitting next to the last in group G, and after 4 straight defeat's they finally won against Liechtenstein on the road. After that game, they beat the Belarusians in a friendly game with the exact same, result 3-0 and what is noticeable is that the last 8 games Macedonia played were ended with over 2.5 goals. The record in Skoplje, where they play most of their matches is pretty awful as they have only one victory in the last 5 games and that was against Lichtenstein, mentioned above. Before this event, they conceded at least two goals in each 4 occasions.

Possible lineups: Dimitreski, Aloski, Mojsov, Nestorovski, Pandev, Ristevski, Ristovski, Sikov, Spirovski, Stjepanovic, Trajkovski.

Turkey news and form

The Turks have a chance to reach the playoffs in this World Cup qualifiers as they are only 2 points behind Iceland who is in the second place. In 5 games, they have 2 victories 2 draws and one defeat. They are entering this meeting with high morale, after three straight wins in which they scored at least two goals every time.

7 of the 10 last fixtures ended with under 2.5 goals, and that is something characteristic of this team as they prefer a tactical game, and they don't create many chances on the field.

Possible lineups: Kivrak, Vural, Soyuncu, Calik, Ozbayrakil, Yokuslu, Ozyakup, Under, Colak, Mor, Unal.

Head to head

So far they played 5 games and the visitors in today's clash have a better record, as they put down 3 victories, comparing to only one by the Macedonians. That celebration came 11 years ago in their first class also in Skoplje.

Prediction

The visitors have more quality, and that is obvious, but we might experience some rotations in line-ups here, because the coaches will try to experiment with players who didn't have enough chances in competitive matches.

We believe that Turkey is going to win and that we are going to see over 2.5 goals in this match.

Also, Turkey to score over 1.5 is a sure bet.

Final Outcome: Turkey Win

Goals: Over 2.5

Goals: Turkey Over 1.5