North Macedonia – Germany

In search of their fifth consecutive win in Group J of the World Cup Qualifiers, Germany take a trip to the Philip II Arena to face North Macedonia on Monday. The visitors, who have enjoyed a fine run so far, are currently second in the group and will look to upset the home side and keep the juggernaut rolling. North Macedonia ended their run of three consecutive draws last Friday when they saw off Liechtenstein 4-0 away from home. With 12 points from seven outings, North Macedonia are currently second in Group J, six points adrift of Monday’s visitors at the top of the table.

Meanwhile, Germany picked up their fourth win on the spin last time out when they came from behind to edge out Romania 2-1. Germany head into Monday’s game unbeaten in all but one of their last seven outings with a 2-0 defeat to England being the only exception.

This will be the second-ever meeting between the sides after North Macedonia stunned the Germans with a 2-1 victory back in March. Having lost their first-ever encounter, Germany will aim to exact revenge on the visitors. We predict Germany will claim all three points given the gulf in quality between the two sides.