2026 World Cup qualifying: North Macedonia v Wales

Venue: National Arena Todor Proeski, Skopje

Date: Tuesday, 25 March Kick-off: 19:45 GMT

North Macedonia and Wales met in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, with both sides winning their home games: 2-1 to North Macedonia in Skopje and 1-0 to Wales in Cardiff.

Wales have won four of their past six away World Cup qualifying matches (one draw, one defeat), as many as they had in their previous 26 away games combined (four wins, eight draws, 14 defeats).

North Macedonia have won each of their past six games across all competitions, the longest run of victories in their history. They have also won five of their past seven World Cup qualifiers (two defeats), scoring at least three goals in four of those wins.

Wales have lost just one of their past 10 World Cup qualifying away matches (four wins, five draws) and could win their opening two matches of a qualifying campaign for the tournament for the first time since doing so in the lead up to the 1998 World Cup (two wins vs San Marino).

North Macedonia's Bojan Miovski has been directly involved in five goals across his past six international appearances (four goals, one assist), netting in each of his past two – the first time he has done so for the nation.

After failing to score or assist in any of his first 14 appearances for Wales (six starts), Sorba Thomas assisted two of the three goals last time out against Kazakhstan. The Nantes winger also created the most chances (three) and recorded the most successful crosses (four) of any Wales players in that victory.