North Macedonia vs Malta Predictions

• North Macedonia have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five competitive victories
• North Macedonia are ranked 102 places above Malta in the FIFA World Rankings
• Malta have won two of their last ten competitive fixtures

Hosts can kick start campaign with a win

North Macedonia have landed in an incredibly tough Euro 2024 qualifying group, Group C includes both England and Italy, Blagorja Milevski’s side know they must take six points off Malta to stand any chance of qualifying.

Thursday’s hosts beat Italy in their World Cup qualification campaign 12 months ago and they should be more than capable of seeing off Malta. North Macedonia have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five competitive victories and are expected to add to that tally on their way to what should be a comfortable victory against Malta.

Malta set for tough qualifying campaign

Malta are ranked 167^th in FIFA’s World Rankings, 102 places lower than Thursday’s opponents, and Michele Marcolini’s side could quite easily lose every game in what is a tough group.

Malta have won just two of their last ten competitive matches, both of those victories came against San Marino in League D of the Nations League, and they will face a much sterner test against North Macedonia in Skopje.

North Macedonia to win and both teams to score, no, will be the main selection for Thursday’s game in Skopje, with a 3-0 home victory forming the correct score prediction.