The Russian youth national team will play another friendly match, the fifth in 2026. This time, the competitors will be peers from Northern Macedonia. The Macedonians have not won five matches in a row. Will it be possible to impose competition on Russians on September 28? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
North Macedonia U21
The North Macedonia national under-21 team is not making much progress and is losing match after match. In the selection for the European Championship, the team takes the penultimate place in the qualifying group, ahead only of Armenia. There are two matches left, but it will not be possible to catch up with the leaders Poland and Italy, even with the best possible scenario. The hosts also failed to win a single victory at the Mediterranean Games. In the group stage, the team drew with Tunisia (0:0), and then lost heavily to Turkey (0:3) and Morocco (1:5).
Russia U21
The Russian national team has not participated in official competitions for a long time, but regularly holds friendly matches. Last year, we managed to hold 11 sparring matches, in which we managed to win six and draw twice. This year, the Russians have three wins in four matches. Ivan Shabarov's team suffered the only defeat on March 30, losing to the Olympic team of Jordan (1:2). At the same time, they managed to beat Uzbekistan (2:1) and win two victories over Iraq. (5:1, 1:0).
The Russian national team has some missteps in friendly matches, but still North Macedonia is too far behind in class, so it's hard to count on a sensation here. The hosts have lost their last four out of five matches, so even a home advantage is unlikely to help avoid another defeat. The Russians have won six of their last seven matches, and they will certainly be able to improve their statistics with another victory.
Our betting tip is an Asian handicap (-1) for Russia U21 in 1.75
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