Yes, North Macedonia have taken 16 points over their last 8 UEFA Nations League games, 6.51 more than the 9.49 expected points (xPts) their chances were worth, so their results are running ahead of their performances.
North Macedonia create 0.99 expected goals (xG) per game over their last 8 UEFA Nations League games, 7.93 in all, and have scored 10 goals from those chances, 2.07 more than that xG would expect.
North Macedonia allow 1.30 expected goals against (xGA) per game over their last 8 UEFA Nations League games, 10.42 in all, and have conceded 6 goals from those chances, 4.42 fewer than that xGA would expect.
Lirim Qamili has the most expected goals (xG) for North Macedonia over their last 8 UEFA Nations League games, 1.78 xG in 6 appearances, and has scored 1 goal; Enis Bardhi is next with 1.31 xG.
North Macedonia have taken 6.5 points more than their chances warranted over 8 games: +2.1 goals against their xG, and +4.4 on the goals their xGA expected them to concede. Finishing and goalkeeping at that level rarely hold, so the table is the optimistic reading of this side.
| Window | Games | xG | Goals | Goals minus xG | xGA | Conceded | xGA minus conceded | xPts | Points | Points minus xPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 8 | 8 | 7.93 | 10 | +2.07 | 10.42 | 6 | +4.42 | 9.49 | 16 | +6.51 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 3.29 | 4 | +0.71 | 6.79 | 5 | +1.79 | 4.62 | 9 | +4.38 |
| Home | 4 | 3.33 | 4 | +0.67 | 4.37 | 3 | +1.37 | 5.03 | 9 | +3.97 |
| Away | 4 | 4.60 | 6 | +1.40 | 6.05 | 3 | +3.05 | 4.46 | 7 | +2.54 |
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Score | xG | xGA | xPts | Points | Deserved result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep | UEFA Nations League | Slovenia (A) | 2-0 | 0.54 | 1.67 | 0.58 | 0 | L |
| 26 Sep | UEFA Nations League | Switzerland (H) | 0-3 | 0.09 | 2.30 | 0.14 | 0 | L |
| 17 Nov | UEFA Nations League | Faroe Islands (H) | 1-0 | 0.57 | 0.40 | 1.44 | 3 | D |
| 14 Nov | UEFA Nations League | Latvia (H) | 1-0 | 1.66 | 0.91 | 1.90 | 3 | W |
| 13 Oct | UEFA Nations League | Armenia (A) | 0-2 | 0.43 | 1.51 | 0.56 | 3 | L |
| 10 Oct | UEFA Nations League | Latvia (A) | 0-3 | 1.37 | 0.68 | 1.88 | 3 | W |
| 10 Sep | UEFA Nations League | Armenia (H) | 2-0 | 1.01 | 0.76 | 1.55 | 3 | W |
| 7 Sep | UEFA Nations League | Faroe Islands (A) | 1-1 | 2.26 | 2.19 | 1.44 | 1 | W |
| Player | Position | Apps | Minutes | xG | Goals | Goals minus xG | xG per 90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bojan Miovski | attacker | 8 | 588 | 0.98 | 3 | +2.02 | 0.15 |
| Nikola Serafimov | defender | 5 | 404 | 0.11 | 1 | +0.89 | 0.02 |
| Enis Bardhi | midfielder | 8 | 655 | 1.31 | 2 | +0.69 | 0.18 |
| Isnik Alimi | midfielder | 6 | 509 | 0.34 | 1 | +0.66 | 0.06 |
| Jani Atanasov | midfielder | 5 | 336 | 0.57 | 1 | +0.43 | 0.15 |
| Eljif Elmas | midfielder | 7 | 564 | 0.59 | 1 | +0.41 | 0.09 |
| Lirim Qamili | attacker | 6 | 262 | 1.78 | 1 | -0.78 | 0.61 |
| # | Team | MP | xG | Goals | xGA | Conceded | xPts | Points | Points minus xPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 2 | 3.2 | 3 | 4.2 | 1 | 2.4 | 6 | +3.6 |
| 2 | Greece | 2 | 3.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | +3 |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | +3 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 2.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | +2.8 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 1.4 | 4 | +2.6 |
| 6 | Spain | 2 | 3.1 | 7 | 2.1 | 3 | 3.5 | 6 | +2.5 |
| 7 | Northern Ireland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | +1.8 |
| 8 | Austria | 2 | 4.6 | 6 | 1.7 | 2 | 4.3 | 6 | +1.7 |
| 9 | Montenegro | 2 | 4.6 | 5 | 1.9 | 3 | 4.3 | 6 | +1.7 |
| 10 | Albania | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 6 | +1.5 |
| 11 | Slovakia | 2 | 3.4 | 4 | 0.7 | 1 | 4.7 | 6 | +1.3 |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2.8 | 4 | +1.2 |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 2 | 1.7 | 2 | 3.1 | 4 | 1.8 | 3 | +1.2 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 2 | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.9 | 4 | +1.1 |
| 15 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 2 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.2 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | +0.8 |
| 17 | Belgium | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 3.5 | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | +0.7 |
| 18 | Malta | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | +0.4 |
| 19 | Croatia | 2 | 2.6 | 3 | 2.4 | 5 | 2.8 | 3 | +0.2 |
| 20 | Italy | 2 | 3.8 | 4 | 3.8 | 3 | 2.8 | 3 | +0.2 |
| 21 | Estonia | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 2 | +0.2 |
| 22 | Gibraltar | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 1 | +0.2 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 1.4 | 1 | 3.9 | 4 | +0.1 |
| 24 | Armenia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 | +0.1 |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 2.9 | 3 | 1.1 | 1 | -0.1 |
| 26 | Iceland | 2 | 3.7 | 4 | 1.6 | 1 | 4.2 | 4 | -0.2 |
| 27 | Denmark | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.2 | 3 | -0.2 |
| 28 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | -0.3 |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | -0.4 |
| 30 | England | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | 2.2 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | -0.5 |
| 31 | Latvia | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| 32 | Belarus | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | -0.5 |
| 33 | Netherlands | 2 | 6.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 2 | 4.6 | 4 | -0.6 |
| 34 | San Marino | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 5.6 | 10 | 0.6 | 0 | -0.6 |
| 35 | Finland | 2 | 4.7 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 4.7 | 4 | -0.7 |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | -0.7 |
| 37 | Kosovo | 2 | 3.8 | 2 | 1.9 | 3 | 3.9 | 3 | -0.9 |
| 38 | Faroe Islands | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | -0.9 |
| 39 | Serbia | 2 | 2.5 | 2 | 6.7 | 4 | 0.9 | 0 | -0.9 |
| 40 | Norway | 2 | 4.4 | 4 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | -1 |
| 41 | Israel | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 42 | Andorra | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | -1.1 |
| 43 | Moldova | 2 | 2.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.3 | 1 | -1.3 |
| 44 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 3.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | -1.3 |
| 45 | Scotland | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 2.4 | 1 | -1.4 |
| 46 | Cyprus | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.2 | 2 | 2.4 | 1 | -1.4 |
| 47 | Wales | 2 | 2.3 | 0 | 4.2 | 3 | 1.6 | 0 | -1.6 |
| 48 | Germany | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 2.8 | 1 | -1.8 |
| 49 | Poland | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -2 |
| 50 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.9 | 6 | 2.1 | 0 | -2.1 |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 1 | -2.2 |
| 52 | Hungary | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 | -2.5 |
| 53 | Georgia | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 1.4 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | -2.7 |
| 54 | Turkey | 2 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.8 | 5 | 2.7 | 0 | -2.7 |