Armenia vs North Macedonia Prediction & Betting Tips (13 October)

Never qualified for any major international competition, Armenia is not really able to be among the best European nations. It does not particularly shine in this League C group where, after 3 days, it only has 4 points. The 97th nation in the FIFA rankings had started well last September by winning over Latvia 4-1 before falling to North Macedonia 2-0. Finally, on Thursday evening, the Collective Team was able to snatch a draw against the Faroe Islands 2-2 and is now 3 points behind its opponent of the day. North Macedonia especially stood out by taking part in Euro 2021 where she was taken out in the first round.

Since then, she has failed to qualify for the European Championship played last June in Germany and she is floundering in this League C of the Nations League . However, the Red Lions have good reason to hope to be able to climb to the next level since they are at the top of their group with 3 lengths ahead of their first pursuer. Held to a draw by the Faroe Islands 1-1 in their first match, the North Macedonians were then able to win against Armenia 2-0 then against Latvia 0-3 in the middle of the week.

On the Armenian side, the group is quite anonymous in the eyes of the general public even if some players have chosen to play outside the local borders. This is particularly the case of captain Haroyan who plays in China after playing in La Liga, of defenders Arutyunyan (Krasnodar) and Tiknizyan (Lokomotiv Moscow), or of midfielders Spertsyan (Krasnodar), Zelarayan (Al-Fateh) and Shaghoyan ( Debrecen). Bichakhchyan and Spertsyan are the top scorers of this team with 5 goals each. They were also joined by Zelaryan who scored against the Faroe Islands this week. The young Grant-Leon Ranos (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is not very far with 4 goals in 14 caps. Note that defender Styopa Mkrtchyan (18 caps at just 21 years old, Osijek) is absent from this gathering.

North Macedonia, for its part, can count on some slightly more well-known elements such as the titular goalkeeper Dimitrievski ( Valencia, 73 caps), midfielder Elmas (Leipzig, 13 goals in 63 caps, scorer Thursday evening) and striker Miovski (Girona, 4 achievements in 26 sel). A player like Bardhi (Trabzonspor, 67 caps, 18 goals), captain of this selection and scorer on 2 occasions in September, will also be one to follow. On the other hand, the best active scorer of this selection, Aleksandar Trajkovski (21 goals in 89 seasons), is not operational. Absent Thursday evening, important midfielder Churlinov (4 goals in 27 games, Jagiellonia) is expected this Sunday while defenders Zajkov (31 sel), and Serafimov (17 sel) will be allowed to play again after being suspended against Latvia.