North Macedonia Shots on Target Stats 2026

North Macedonia Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

North Macedonia are averaging 2 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 8.5 total SOT on average. That puts them 53rd of 54 for team SOT per match among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Switzerland, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which North Macedonia players hit the most shots on target?

Enis Bardhi leads with 3 shots on target across 8 qualifying appearances (0.38/g, 38% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every North Macedonia player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does North Macedonia's SOT profile look this season?

North Macedonia are averaging 2 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 6.5 for a match-total of 8.5. That ranks 53rd of 54 for team SOT among UEFA Nations League teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. They take 7.2 shots per game and create 3.9 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Switzerland, the page weights each North Macedonia attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

North Macedonia take 7.2 shots per game and put 2 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 North Macedonia fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

North Macedonia are currently converting 10% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

North Macedonia player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Hristijan Maleski	attacker	1	1	1	100%
Jovan Manev	defender	1	1	1	100%
Pablo Acebal	defender	2	1	0.5	50%
Enis Bardhi	midfielder	8	3	0.38	38%
Darko Velkovski	defender	5	1	0.2	20%
Milan Ristovski	attacker	5	3	0.6	20%
Bojan Miovski	attacker	8	1	0.13	13%
Eljif Elmas	midfielder	10	0	0	0%
Stole Dimitrievski	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Gjoko Zajkov	defender	7	0	0	0%
Elmin Rastoder	attacker	7	0	0	0%
Darko Churlinov	attacker	6	0	0	0%
Jani Atanasov	midfielder	6	0	0	0%
Visar Musliu	defender	6	0	0	0%
Andrej Stojcevski	defender	5	0	0	0%
Bojan Ilievski	defender	5	0	0	0%
Isnik Alimi	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Tihomir Kostadinov	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Sebastián Herrera	defender	5	0	0	0%
Agon Elezi	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Nikola Serafimov	defender	4	0	0	0%
Azer Omeragikj	attacker	4	0	0	0%
Lirim Qamili	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Ljupche Doriev	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Anes Meljichi	defender	3	0	0	0%

North Macedonia shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
3 Oct 2026	UEFA Nations League	Scotland	Home	0-2	0	10	10
29 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Slovenia	Away	2-0	1	5	6	Hristijan Maleski (1)
26 Sep 2026	UEFA Nations League	Switzerland	Home	0-3	0	11	11
1 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Turkey	Away	4-0	2	7	9	Pablo Acebal (1)
29 May 2026	Friendly International	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Away	0-0	1	3	4
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Republic of Ireland	Away	0-0	1	3	4	Enis Bardhi (1)
26 Mar 2026	WC Qualification Europe	Denmark	Away	4-0	0	9	9
18 Nov 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Wales	Away	7-1	2	10	12	Enis Bardhi (1)
13 Nov 2025	Friendly International	Latvia	Home	0-0	7	3	10
13 Oct 2025	WC Qualification Europe	Kazakhstan	Home	1-1	6	4	10	Milan Ristovski (3)

North Macedonia shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 2
Shots on target against per game: 6.5
Match total shots on target per game: 8.5
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 35 of 54

North Macedonia Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	3.25	50%	50%	50%	50%	25%
Away	6	1.17	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Overall	10	2	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%

North Macedonia Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	4	7	100%	75%	50%	50%	50%
Away	6	6.17	100%	67%	67%	50%	50%
Overall	10	6.5	100%	70%	60%	50%	50%

North Macedonia Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	4	10.25	100%	100%	100%	100%	25%
Away	6	7.33	50%	50%	50%	17%	17%
Overall	10	8.5	70%	70%	70%	50%	20%

North Macedonia Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	2	3.25	1.17
Total shots / match	7.2	10.75	4.83
Share of shots on target	28%	30%	24%
Goals per shot on target	10%	8%	15%
Shots on target per goal	10	13	6.9
Shots on target over 2.5	20%	50%	0%
Shots on target over 3.5	20%	50%	0%
Shots on target over 4.5	20%	50%	0%
Shots on target over 5.5	20%	50%	0%
Shots on target over 6.5	10%	25%	0%

North Macedonia Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	6.5	7	6.17
Shots on target against over 2.5	100%	100%	100%
Shots on target against over 3.5	70%	75%	67%
Shots on target against over 4.5	60%	50%	67%
Shots on target against over 5.5	50%	50%	50%
Shots on target against over 6.5	50%	50%	50%

North Macedonia Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	8.5	10.25	7.33
Match shots on target over 6.5	70%	100%	50%
Match shots on target over 7.5	70%	100%	50%
Match shots on target over 8.5	70%	100%	50%
Match shots on target over 9.5	50%	100%	17%
Match shots on target over 10.5	20%	25%	17%

North Macedonia 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	1	2	100%	0%	0%
Away	5	1	20%	0%	0%
Overall	6	1.17	33%	0%	0%

North Macedonia 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	1	2	100%	0%	0%
Away	5	2.8	80%	60%	40%
Overall	6	2.67	83%	50%	33%

North Macedonia 1st-half match total 2026 (from 6 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	1	4	100%	100%	0%	0%
Away	5	3.8	80%	60%	20%	20%
Overall	6	3.83	83%	67%	17%	17%

North Macedonia shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Scotland (H)	0-2	0	10	10	-
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Slovenia (A)	2-0	1	5	6	-
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Switzerland (H)	0-3	0	11	11	-
1 Jun	Friendly International	Turkey (A)	4-0	2	7	9	4
29 May	Friendly International	Bosnia (A)	0-0	1	3	4	3
31 Mar	Friendly International	Republic of Ireland (A)	0-0	1	3	4	2
26 Mar	WC Qualification Europe	Denmark (A)	4-0	0	9	9	4
18 Nov	WC Qualification Europe	Wales (A)	7-1	2	10	12	6
13 Nov	Friendly International	Latvia (H)	0-0	7	3	10	4
13 Oct	WC Qualification Europe	Kazakhstan (H)	1-1	6	4	10	-

UEFA Nations League shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Belgium	14	6	4.43	10.43	79%
2	Serbia	8	3.63	6.63	10.25	75%
3	Bulgaria	7	6	4.14	10.14	43%
4	Sweden	12	4.83	5	9.83	58%
5	Denmark	7	5.43	4.14	9.57	57%
6	Italy	8	4.88	4.63	9.5	75%
7	France	16	6.56	2.88	9.44	63%
8	Norway	14	4.36	5.07	9.43	71%
9	England	15	6.4	3	9.4	53%
10	Netherlands	12	5.67	3.67	9.33	58%
11	Turkey	11	4.45	4.82	9.27	64%
12	Germany	12	6.5	2.67	9.17	58%
13	Slovakia	7	5.86	3.29	9.14	71%
14	Switzerland	13	5.62	3.46	9.08	69%
15	Poland	8	5.63	3.38	9	50%
16	Czech Republic	9	3	5.78	8.78	56%
17	Luxembourg	7	3.43	5.29	8.71	57%
18	Scotland	10	4.8	3.9	8.7	60%
19	Malta	8	4.5	4.13	8.63	63%
20	Iceland	8	3.38	5.25	8.63	50%
21	Kosovo	8	4.38	4.13	8.5	50%
22	Wales	8	3.63	4.88	8.5	25%
23	Romania	8	3.13	5.38	8.5	50%
24	Croatia	11	3.45	5	8.45	55%
25	Portugal	13	4.92	3.46	8.38	46%
26	Slovenia	7	3.57	4.71	8.29	57%
27	Finland	7	4.29	3.86	8.14	43%
28	Spain	15	6.4	1.73	8.13	53%
29	Kazakhstan	6	2.67	5.33	8	33%
30	San Marino	6	2.33	5.67	8	50%
31	Azerbaijan	7	5.14	2.71	7.86	43%
32	Belarus	6	4.83	3	7.83	33%
33	Austria	11	4.18	3.55	7.73	36%
34	Montenegro	8	4.75	2.88	7.63	13%
35	North Macedonia	7	0.71	6.86	7.57	57%
36	Moldova	7	3.71	3.71	7.43	29%
37	Estonia	5	3.6	3.8	7.4	40%
38	Cyprus	8	4.5	2.88	7.38	38%
39	Northern Ireland	8	3.38	4	7.38	38%
40	Lithuania	6	4	3.33	7.33	17%
41	Greece	8	3.25	4	7.25	38%
42	Republic of Ireland	9	4.11	3.11	7.22	33%
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	3.75	3.42	7.17	25%
44	Albania	7	3.71	3.43	7.14	29%
45	Gibraltar	7	4.14	2.86	7	29%
46	Georgia	8	3.88	3.13	7	25%
47	Andorra	8	2.5	4.38	6.88	25%
48	Armenia	7	3.86	3	6.86	14%
49	Hungary	8	4	2.75	6.75	13%
50	Faroe Islands	4	4	2.75	6.75	25%
51	Israel	6	2.67	3.83	6.5	17%
52	Ukraine	7	3.29	3.14	6.43	0%
53	Latvia	6	1.83	4.17	6	0%
54	Liechtenstein	7	0.57	4.29	4.86	0%

North Macedonia shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	9	3.22	4.78	8	44%
Vs top half	9	3.22	4.78	8	44%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

North Macedonia shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
UEFA Nations League	2026/2027	3	0.33	8.67	9	67%
Friendly International	2025	2	4.5	5	9.5	100%
WC Qualification Europe	2026	9	3.78	4.78	8.56	56%
Friendly International	2026	3	1.33	4.33	5.67	33%

North Macedonia next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Tue 6 Oct 18:45	Switzerland (away)	9.67	8.67	1	9	6	3
Fri 13 Nov 19:45	Scotland (away)	8.33	5	3.33	9	0	9
Mon 16 Nov 19:45	Slovenia (home)	7	3	4	9	3	6

North Macedonia players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Hristijan Maleski	attacker	1	2	50%
2	Jovan Manev	defender	1	2	50%
3	Pablo Acebal	defender	1	2	50%
4	Enis Bardhi	midfielder	1	5	20%

Switzerland shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
3 Oct	UEFA Nations League	Slovenia (H)	2-1	6	3	9	-
29 Sep	UEFA Nations League	Scotland (A)	0-3	9	0	9	-
26 Sep	UEFA Nations League	North Macedonia (A)	0-3	11	0	11	-
12 Jul	World Cup	Argentina (A)	3-1	5	7	12	2
7 Jul	World Cup	Colombia (H)	0-0	2	3	5	3
3 Jul	World Cup	Algeria (H)	2-0	5	2	7	4
24 Jun	World Cup	Canada (H)	2-1	4	7	11	5
18 Jun	World Cup	Bosnia (H)	4-1	7	3	10	2
13 Jun	World Cup	Qatar (A)	1-1	7	4	11	8
6 Jun	Friendly International	Australia (H)	1-1	3	2	5	3