Turkey vs North Macedonia Predictions

• Türkiye held Spain to a draw in qualifying
• North Macedonia registered only two shots on target in a 0-0 draw against Bosnia on Friday

Clean sheet and a win for Turkey

Turkey can be considered as lively outsiders in the 2026 World Cup and the Crescent Stars should get ready for the international showpiece with a victory over North Macedonia.

Vincenzo Montella had to settle for a second-place finish behind Spain in their qualifying section, but they only finished three points of La Roja and were good enough to hold Spain to a 2-2 draw in Seville in the final contest of the group.

Turkey produced a pair of rock-solid performances to beat Romania 1-0 and Kosovo by the same scoreline in the playoff and Montella, who is a good coach, has built a more reliably and less erratic team.

Inter’s class Hakan Calhanoglu is the midfield general, Ferdi Kadıoglu and Zeki Celik are good defenders and there is star quality in forward areas with youngsters Kenan Yildiz and Arda Guler.

Yildiz is battling to be fit for the World Cup, but Turkey should still have too much quality for North Macedonia even with the Juventus man missing.

Goce Sedloski’s men have hit the net only twice in their last seven matches, they registered only two shots on target and one corner in a 0-0 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and there is potential for plenty of changes with the trip to Istanbul coming only a few days later.

Turkey can beat North Macedonia without conceding and that’s a generous price.

Turkey have scored 16 goals in their last six matches and they face a North Macedonia side, who managed only two shots on target in a 0-0 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday.

The Crescent Stars are fancied to win 3-0 in Istanbul and Real Madrid’s Arda Guler can open the scoring.