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Saturday 3 October 2026, 20:45 CEST

North Macedonia v Scotland

28%North Macedonia
29%Draw
43%Scotland

Scotland, just.

Tested

Scotland win about 43 times in 100. The other 57: a draw (29) or a North Macedonia win (28).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 12:52 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals41%
Both teams score48%
Expected goals1.0 v 1.3
Most likely score1-114% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals90%
2 or more goals68%
3 or more goals41%
4 or more goals21%
5 or more goals9%

Exactly

0 goals10%
1 goal21%
2 goals27%
3 goals20%
4 goals12%
5 goals6%
6 or more goals3%

Goals by team

Tested
North Macedonia: 1 or more64%
North Macedonia: 2 or more27%
North Macedonia: 3 or more8%
Scotland: 1 or more74%
Scotland: 2 or more38%
Scotland: 3 or more15%
Both teams score48%
At least one team does not score52%

Winning margin

Tested
North Macedonia by 3 or more3%
North Macedonia by 27%
North Macedonia by 117%
Draw29%
Scotland by 123%
Scotland by 213%
Scotland by 3 or more7%

Result combinations

Tested
North Macedonia win or draw57%
Either team wins (no draw)71%
Scotland win or draw72%

Clean sheets

Tested
North Macedonia keep a clean sheet26%
Scotland keep a clean sheet36%
North Macedonia win without conceding16%
Scotland win without conceding26%
No goals at all10%

The first goal

Model estimate
North Macedonia score first39%
Scotland score first51%
No goals10%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1528%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+7%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: North Macedonia goals down, Scotland goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
010.312.18.33.71.20.3
19.113.88.53.81.30.3
24.86.54.61.90.60.2
31.62.21.50.70.20.1
40.40.60.40.20.1·
50.10.10.1···

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half65%
A goal in the second half72%
North Macedonia ahead at half-time23%
Level at half-time45%
Scotland ahead at half-time32%
North Macedonia win the second half24%
Second half level41%
Scotland win the second half35%
More goals in the first half29%
More goals in the second half41%
Same goals in both halves29%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
North Macedonia ahead at half-time, North Macedonia win15%
Level at half-time, North Macedonia win11%
Scotland ahead at half-time, North Macedonia win1%
North Macedonia ahead at half-time, draw5%
Level at half-time, draw19%
Scotland ahead at half-time, draw5%
North Macedonia ahead at half-time, Scotland win2%
Level at half-time, Scotland win15%
Scotland ahead at half-time, Scotland win25%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
North MacedoniaScotland

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works