Slovenia vs FYR Macedonia 2-0

Slovenia beat FYR Macedonia 2-0 in Ljubljana, with Sandi Lovric and Aljosa Matko scoring after the break to settle a game that was level at half-time.

The first half brought no goals, so it remained 0-0 at the interval.

Lovric broke the deadlock in the 55th minute, turning in Tjas Begic's assist for 1-0. FYR Macedonia had already picked up yellow cards for Andrej Stojchevski on 51 minutes and Jani Atanasov on 57, then made two changes on 61 minutes and five more substitutions followed before Slovenia took control of the result. Matko, who came on in the 71st minute, made it 2-0 on 82 minutes from Danijel Sturm's assist. Slovenia made three changes on 71 minutes and two more on 85, while FYR Macedonia also made two changes on 71 and another on 80.

Slovenia had 53% of the possession, 507 passes to FYR Macedonia's 461, and 16 shots to 9. They also had 5 shots on target to 1, 6 corners to 3 and 3 saves to 1, while both sides were level on 8 fouls and 1 offside apiece.

The only bookings were for FYR Macedonia's Andrej Stojchevski and Jani Atanasov, with Slovenia's lone yellow going to Aljosa Matko on 78 minutes. There were no red cards.