Matchday

Int. Friendly Games 2025 · 4 Sep 2025

Saudi Arabia 2–1 North Macedonia

Picked for matchday: Two strong sides · Standout: Tihomir Kostadinov scored 86.8

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.2 – 1.0
Actual xG
–
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made Saudi Arabia favourites at 41%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Saleh Abu Al-Shamat, 84.3 in 67′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Saudi Arabia

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

North Macedonia

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Saudi Arabia

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Saleh Abu Al-Shamat Forward6701–84.3–
Abdullah Al-Hamdan Forward2310–79.3–
Mukhtar Ali Midfielder1200–78.9–
Musab Al Juwayr Midfielder7800–75.0–
Saad Al-Mousa Defender800–70.9–
Marwan Al-Sahafi Forward2300–65.3–
Mohamed Kanno Midfielder9000–63.8–
Ali Majrashi Defender4500–61.4–
Hassan Tambakti Defender9000–57.8–
Abdullah Al-Khaibari Midfielder9000–52.3–
Abdulrahman Al Sanbi Goalkeeper9000–45.2–
Mohammed Sulaiman Bakor Defender9000–45.1–
Saleh Al-Shehri Forward2300–44.8–
Abdulrahman Alobud Forward6700–42.9–
Firas Al-Buraikan Forward6710–39.9–
Moteb Al-Harbi Defender8600–39.0–
Saad Al-Nasser Defender4500–36.9–

North Macedonia

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Tihomir Kostadinov Midfielder1500–86.8–
Elmin Rastoder Forward4500–67.0–
Darko Velkovski Defender4500–60.5–
Stole Dimitrievski Goalkeeper9000–50.6–
Visar Musliu Defender9000–49.4−3.7
Jani Atanasov Midfielder9000–48.7–
Nikola Serafimov Defender9000–34.7–
Ezgjan Alioski Defender4500–34.0–
Eljif Elmas Midfielder3000–33.2–
Enis Bardhi Midfielder3000–24.7–