Saturday’s trip to North Macedonia has become a must-win match for Scotland if they are to challenge for Nations League promotion , but they do look worthy favourites for success in Skopje .
A bare record of just one point and no goals from Sebastien Pocognoli’s opening two fixtures doesn't really do the visitors justice and this is a good chance to show their true worth. The hosts have hit a rough patch themselves, failing to score in six outings this year and losing their last three games in a worrying manner.
We’re going with 11/8 for an away win and under 3.5 total goals for our initial North Macedonia vs Scotland prediction .
Betting Odds
North Macedonia vs Scotland Betting Odds – Nations League 2026-27
Result | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
North Macedonia | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Scotland | 8/11 | 57.9% |
Draw | 5/2 | 28.6% |
*Odds are correct at the time of writing, but subject to change.
Scotland are 8/11 favourites to beat North Macedonia , who are 7/2 to win, with the draw at 5/2.
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How to Watch
How to watch North Macedonia vs Scotland
This clash at Tose Proeski Arena is scheduled to kick off at 19:45 BST and will be broadcast live on BBC Two and BBC Scotland .
Head-to-Head
North Macedonia vs Scotland head-to-head record
Scotland lost 1-0 in their first encounter with North Macedonia back in 2008 but have since secured two wins and a draw against them, prevailing 2-1 when they last met 13 years ago in Skopje thanks to goals from Ikechi Anya and Shaun Maloney .
Form Guides
North Macedonia form guide
The Lynxes looked a team on the up when reaching their maiden major tournament since splitting from the old Yugoslavia at Euro 2020 but have failed to build on that effort.
North Macedonia ended their World Cup qualifying group with a 7-1 thrashing by Wales and were then brushed aside 4-0 by Denmark in a play-off.
Three subsequent friendlies resulted in reasonable goalless draws with Republic of Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina but then a 4-0 thumping in Turkey .
Head coach Goce Sedloski’s poor start continued with a 3-0 home loss to Switzerland in the opening round of this group’s fixtures and second-half goals from Sandi Lovric and Aljosa Matko gave Slovenia a 2-0 win over his team on Tuesday night.
With both sides coming off disappointing starts, this could be a cagey contest early on, but we like a BOYLE Sports price boost of 15/4 for Draw HT/Scotland FT from the North Macedonia vs Scotland odds .
Scotland form guide
Scotland put their World Cup woes behind them with a steady 0-0 draw away to Slovenia under new boss Pocognoli , when they looked disjointed before the break but then had several good chances to snatch victory in the second period.
Pocognoli faced a tough home debut against World Cup quarter-finalists Switzerland and the 39-year-old Belgian’s big night got off to the worst possible start as Jack Hendry was sent off early on.
Ricardo Rodriguez fired home the resulting free-kick and the Swiss went on to dominate the remainder of the match, with further goals after the break from Nico Elvedi and Zeki Amdouni .
“I had a warm welcome from the crowd and that made me feel a little bit sad because we wanted to give something back and we couldn’t,” said Pocognoli , who admitted that this next result is now “important”.
There should be enough experience and quality in this squad to quickly get back on track, though, and 7/1 for a 2-0 away win is added to our North Macedonia vs Scotland betting tips .
Betting Tips
North Macedonia vs Scotland Betting Tips – Nations League 2026-27
Away win and under 3.5 total goals @ 11/8
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