Armenia vs Macedonia Predictions

This Tuesday’s match comes from League D, Group 4 of the UEFA Nations League. Macedonia and Armenia were the two teams that were expected to compete for top spot but only the side from the Balkans has really delivered the goods. Macedonia have a 100% record heading into this one and would even seal top spot in this group on Tuesday night if they win and the game in Gibraltar ends level.

They look like they could be one of the main beneficiaries of this new format which will see at least one team from League D qualify for Euro 2020. Having never previously reached a major tournament, that would be a fantastic achievement and they really have made some big strides forward over the past 18 months or so. Their three wins so far in this competition are really the result of some hard work which commenced at the end of 2018 World Cup qualifying when they surprisingly got a draw in Italy.

Armenia meanwhile appear to be heading in the other direction. Despite possessing a player of the quality of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, they simply haven’t convinced in the UEFA Nations League at all. A narrow win over Liechtenstein on match-day one has been followed up with a defeat to Macedonia in the reverse fixture, before an embarrassing 1-0 home loss to Gibraltar last week. Losing to a side that had never previously won an official international match was a new low and coach Armen Gyulbudaghyants is already under pressure, despite having only taken the job earlier this month.

The bookies are struggling to call this one but overall you have to fancy the visitors here. Armenia’s morale will be low after that humiliating defeat and they’ve only won 1 of their last 8 competitive internationals. Even the friendlies haven’t been any better, with just 1 goal scored in four home games against fairly modest opponents earlier in the year.

Macedonia by contrast have suffered just 1 defeat in their last 14 international matches now. That defeat was only a narrow 2-1 loss to Spain and they’ve got results against the likes of Turkey, Norway and Italy over that period. You have to go back to 2016 for their last away defeat, also against La Roja, so they should take a great deal of belief into this match and this already feels like this could be the best period in the history of the Macedonian national side.

Overall backing Macedonia Draw No Bet looks like the way to go here.