(xG) 4,36-0,00(!)

That is a rather alarming expected goals score, and it is no wonder the match ended in a 7-0 loss. The teams were England, and today's hosts North Macedonia.

On the previous round they lost 2-3 to Ukraine in a match where they were already 2 goals ahead by goals from top stars Bardhi and Elmas, but they lost the grip completely and are basically out now because of that result, as their only win is against minnows Malta by 2-1. Everyone should beat Malta home and away, that is not a flattering scoreline either.

The hosts miss 4 important players tonight, Ristovski, Churlinov, Ethemi and Radeski are all out, and it does not make their task any easier, not to mention that for example captain Ristovski is out because they have fallen out with the coach Milevski. So all is not well in the Macedonian camp right now.

Italy have not fully impressed yet either, they lost to England, they won Malta away by 0-2, but they have now a new head coach Spalletti who has taken over Mancini, and we can expect a totally serious Italian approach here with no mistakes made in the preparation or in the performance, and we can partly forget the Mancini era. No one doubts the class of Italian players, and no one doubts Spalletti after seen what he did with Napoli!

Italy has some grudge over North Macedonians, as they were kicked out of the world cup because of them last time, and if we take into account the atmospheres in both camps as well as the class of individual players we can expect a routine win for Italy here.

Probable lineups:

N.M: Dimitrievski; Ashkovski, Velkovski, Musliu, Zajkov, Alioski; Ademi, Bardhi; Elmas; Trajkovski, Nestorovski.

ITA: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Romagnoli, Bastoni, Dimarco; Barella, Tonali, Frattesi; Politano, Immobile, Chiesa.

(xG) 4、36-0 00 (!)

这是一个相当惊人的预期进球，难怪比赛以0 - 7输掉了比赛。这两支球队分别是英格兰和今天的东道主北马其顿。

在上一轮比赛中，他们以2-3不敌乌克兰，当时他们已经领先顶级球星巴尔迪和埃尔马斯2球，但他们完全失去了控制，现在基本上已经出局了，因为他们唯一的胜利是2-1战胜小鱼队马耳他。每个人都应该在主场和客场击败马耳他，这也不是一个讨人喜欢的比分。

东道主今晚失去了4名重要球员，里斯托夫斯基、丘利诺夫、埃特米和拉德斯基都缺阵了，这并没有使他们的任务变得更容易，更不用说队长里斯托夫斯基因为和教练米列夫斯基闹别扭而缺阵了。所以现在马其顿阵营的情况并不乐观。

意大利也没有给人留下深刻的印象，他们输给了英格兰，他们客场0-2战胜了马耳他，但他们现在有了一个新的主教练斯帕莱蒂，他接替了曼奇尼，我们可以期待一个完全严肃的意大利式的方法，在准备和表现上没有任何错误，我们可以部分忘记曼奇尼时代。没有人会怀疑意大利球员的水平，在看过斯帕莱蒂在那不勒斯的表现后，也没有人会怀疑他!

意大利对北马其顿人有些怨恨，因为上次他们被踢出了世界杯，如果我们考虑到双方阵营的气氛以及个人球员的水平，我们可以期待意大利在这里取得例行的胜利。

可能的阵容:

新墨西哥州:Dimitrievski;Ashkovski, Velkovski, Musliu, Zajkov, Alioski;Ademi Bardhi;埃尔玛;特拉伊科夫斯基,Nestorovski。

ITA: Donnarumma;迪洛伦佐、罗马诺里、巴斯托尼、迪马科;Barella, Tonali, Frattesi;波利塔诺，因莫比尔，基耶萨。