Thursday , 2 July 2026

Ukraine vs North Macedonia, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE

European Championship · 2021
Ukraine
2 – 1
Full Time
North Macedonia
Thu 17 Jun 2021 · 13:00 UTC Arena Nationala HT 45' · FT 45'
Mykola Shaparenko 43' Y
Y 59' Darko Velkovski
Y 60' Darko Velkovski
Y 84' Daniel Avramovski

Overview

Match Preview

Ukraine vs North Macedonia — European Championship at Arena Nationala.

Match Details

  • Referee Diego Bonfa
  • Referee Fernando Rapallini
  • Referee Juan Pablo Belatti
  • Referee Alejandro Hernandez
  • Referee Slavko Vincic
  • Referee Jose Sanchez

Head-to-Head

1
Ukraine 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals North Macedonia
Last 5 meetings
2021-06-17 Ukraine 2–1 North Macedonia

Recent Form

Ukraine
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jun North Macedonia H 2–1 W
13 Jun Netherlands A 2–3 L
05 May Portugal H 2–1 W
28 Apr Penistone Church FC A 2–1 W
21 Apr Hungary H 1–0 W
14 Apr Italy A 1–3 L
North Macedonia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jun Ukraine A 1–2 L
13 Jun Austria A 1–3 L
16 Jun 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig H 2–0 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Ukraine this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Ukraine
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/2
61-75
–/–
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Ukraine
Mykola Shaparenko 1 G 1 A
Roman Yaremchuk 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Arena Nationala that hosts another battle between Ukraine and North Macedonia.
  • 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 20' It looks surprising Ukraine does not make any changes. Daniel Avramovski has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' Ukraine is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 29' Andrii Yarmolenko puts Ukraine on the lead.
  • 34' What a strike from Roman Yaremchuk! The score is 2-0.
  • 39' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Ukraine needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 43' A meaty challenge results in booking for Mykola Shaparenko on 43.
  • 46' The supporters are chanting for Darko Churlinov. He replaces Stefan Spirovski on 46 minute.
  • 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 56' Ukraine is showing some good football. However, Ukraine are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 57' GOAL! Ezgjan Alioski scores on 57.
  • 59' North Macedonia player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 60' The referee shows North Macedonia player a Yellow card on 60.
  • 65' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Aleksandar Trajkovski suffering a number of foals already.
  • 70' Viktor Tsyhankov is replacing Andrii Yarmolenko for the Ukraine side.
  • 71' Another change for Ukraine made on 71 minute. Roman Yaremchuk leaves to be changed by Artem Biesiedin.
  • 76' Darko Velkovski has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 77' The North Macedonia manager makes a substitution. Enis Bardhi departs to be replaced by Daniel Avramovski.
  • 79' It is a substitution in Ukraine team. Mykola Shaparenko is replaced by Serhii Sydorchuk on 79 minute.
  • 84' A meaty challenge results in booking for Daniel Avramovski on 84.
  • 85' Kire Ristevski is replacing Arijan Ademi for the North Macedonia side.
  • 86' Another change for North Macedonia made on 86 minute. Darko Velkovski leaves to be changed by Ivan Trickovski.
  • 90' Another change for Ukraine made on 90 minute. Ruslan Malinovskyi leaves to be changed by Eduard Sobol.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Ukraine Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Andriy Shevchenko

North Macedonia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Igor Angelovski

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.72 Ukraine xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.01 North Macedonia xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Ukraine54% Draw25% North Macedonia21%
Actual: Ukraine win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.73
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Ukraine or Draw
79%
Draw or North Macedonia
46%
Ukraine or North Macedonia
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Ukraine37% Draw46% North Macedonia17%
Actual: Ukraine win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.2%
1 – 0
10.4%
2 – 0
9.5%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.4%
0 – 1
5.6%
1 – 2
5.5%
3 – 1
5.4%
3 – 0
5.3%
2 – 2
4.8%
0 – 2
3.2%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Ukraine

Handicap Ukraine covers Push North Macedonia covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 16% 70%
-1.5 30% — 70%
-1 30% 23% 47%
-0.5 53% — 47%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 13% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Ukraine keeps clean sheet
37% ✓
North Macedonia keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.