Overview
Liechtenstein is one of the weakest teams in the world at the moment, ranked 204th in the FIFA rankings. In Nations League D, coach Konrad Funfstuck's team lost 2, drew 2 after 4 matches and ranked low in the group.
Both of Lieutenant's defeats have even come against San Marino - the team with the lowest ranking at the moment (21). The last time this team knew the taste of victory in an official match (not counted as a friendly) was in September 2020.
Meanwhile, North Macedonia is rated much higher than its opponent. After the miracle of participating in EURO 2020 and then entering the 2022 World Cup play-off (losing to Portugal), the Southeast European team continued to make a lot of progress. Most recently, they won promotion to League B of the Nations League. In this journey, coach Blagoja Milevski's team is completely unbeaten with 5 wins and 1 draw.
North Macedonia scored 10 goals in those 6 matches, as well as only conceded 1 goal and completely kept a clean sheet in the last 5 matches. At the moment, they have a relatively high-quality squad with some outstanding players such as Elmas (Torino), Miovski (Girona), Dimitrievski ( Valencia) or Alioski (Al Ahli). These names are clearly much more prominent than the unknown Liechtenstein players.
In terms of head-to-head record, the North Macedonia have met Liechtenstein 11 times and are completely unbeaten, winning 10 and drawing 1 match.
Personnel situation
Some of Liechtenstein's familiar names are absent due to injury or have been left out after a 1-3 defeat to San Marino last November. This includes goalkeeper Justin Ospelt, defender Noah Frommelt and midfielders Marcel Buchel, Livio Meier and Liam Kranz.
On the other side of the front line, Luka Stankovski, a versatile midfielder of Radnicki ( Serbia), is a prominent rookie of Northern Macedonia in this training session.
Two unfortunate names absent due to injury on the away team are Milan Ristsski and Darko Velkovski.
Expected lineup:
Liechtenstein: B. Buchel, Marxer, Traber, Goppel, S. Wolfinger, Sele, Hasler, Luchinger, Hofer, Saglam, Salanovic.
Northern province: Dimitrievski, Dimoski, Zajkov, Serafimov, Alioski, Bardhi, Alimi, Churlinov, Elmas, Trajkovski, Miovski.
The match between Liechtenstein and Northern Macedonia takes place at 9:00 p.m. on March 22 (Vietnam time).
