Bulgaria will welcome North Macedonia for the first round of the UEFA Nations League C. The game will be played at the Huvepharma Arena, the ground of Bulgaria's national champion, Ludogorets Razgrad. The last two years have been the best and most successful times the North Macedonian national team has been through, since the country's independence. Starting with its Euro debut, followed by an amazing World Cup qualifiers campaign, where the guests finished second only behind Germany, even defeating them away from home. Sadly for football fans, North Macedonia failed to qualify for the World Cup, losing to Portugal in the qualifiers playoffs, after defeating the European champions, Italy - 1:0 in Palermo.

Now, Blagoja Milevski's men attempt to finish first in an easy group they share with Bulgaria, Georgia, and Gibraltar. Bulgaria will likely be their strongest opponent, but the current strength of the hosts' squad still puts them as underdogs. NM is the favorite in the upcoming meeting, as Milveski selected a decent squad with just two players from the domestic league. Bulgaria is on a three-game losing streak, losing 0-4 to Switzerland, followed by two 1-2 losses to Qatar and Croatia. The last and the only time Bulgaria welcomed North Macedonia was back in 2001, getting a 1-0 victory in a friendly match. The hosts' previous UEFA Nations League campaign ended poorly, as Yasen Petrov's team got relegated from the B group, finishing last without a win from six matches.

The guests' latest campaign in this competition ended in second place, just behind Armenia. "Lynxes" earned nine points from six duels, losing only one game, while finding two wins and three draws.

In the upcoming duel, I expect the visitors to beat Bulgaria, considering the forms of these national teams right now. Good luck!

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Here we have a duel between two quite defensive sides, Northern Ireland and Greece. Popular for their defensive, counter-attacking style of playing, both squads go to this meeting with the same mentality - only to avoid the defeat. This group will be an interesting struggle in the first place, as these two already-mentioned countries share the group with Kosovo and Cyprus. Honestly, anyone can finish first in this group, and this will be an important opening game, played at the Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The hosts are coming from a 0-1 loss vs. Hungary, while the visitors come from a devastating 0-1 defeat to Montenegro. Greece won only one of its previous five matches, and has failed to find a victory against all of Spain, Sweden, Montenegro, and Kosovo. Meanwhile, the hosts got some decent results recently, even earning a point at home against Italy, playing 0-0 on the same field they will face Greece. This draw cost Italians the first place in the World Cup qualifiers, eventually also costing them the qualification to the upcoming 2022 World Cup.

All of the previous five matches of Northern Ireland at home saw a goal or less. Two 0-0 draws vs. Bulgaria and Switzerland, followed by a 1-0 win over Lithuania, a 0-0 vs. Italy, and a 0-1 loss to Hungary. Head coach Ian Baraclough really set his defense well, and has made this country a serious team to face, as you can never lower your tempo if you want to score. The last two clashes between Greece and Northern Ireland both resulted in a triumph for the Northern Irish, 2-0 in 2014 and 3-1 in 2015.

In the upcoming game, I can see either a win for the hosts or a low-scoring game in which the teams will share points. However, I cannot see Greece winning here. Good luck!

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保加利亚将在欧足联国家联赛c的第一轮比赛中欢迎北马其顿队。比赛将在保加利亚国家冠军拉兹格勒的球场Huvepharma Arena进行。过去的两年是北马其顿国家队自国家独立以来最好和最成功的时期。首先是他们的欧洲杯首秀，然后是令人惊叹的世界杯预选赛之旅，在那里，客人们排在德国之后，排名第二，甚至在客场击败了他们。对于球迷来说，不幸的是，北马其顿在巴勒莫以1:0击败欧洲冠军意大利队后，在世界杯预选赛中输给了葡萄牙，无缘世界杯。

现在，布拉戈亚·米列夫斯基的男队试图在一个轻松的小组中获得第一名，他们与保加利亚、格鲁吉亚和直布罗陀同组。保加利亚可能是他们最强大的对手，但东道主目前的实力仍然让他们处于劣势。在即将到来的会议中，NM是最受欢迎的，因为米尔维斯基选择了一支只有两名来自国内联赛的球员的像样的球队。保加利亚3连败，4 - 0负于瑞士，2 - 1负于卡塔尔和克罗地亚。保加利亚上一次也是唯一一次欢迎北马其顿是在2001年，在一场友谊赛中1-0获胜。东道主西班牙队在此前的欧足联国家联赛(UEFA Nations League)中表现不佳，亚森·佩特罗夫(Yasen Petrov)率领的球队从B组降级，6场比赛未胜一场，排名垫底。

选手们在这次比赛中的最新活动以第二名的成绩结束，仅次于亚美尼亚。“猞猁”在6次对决中只输了1场比赛，获得了9分，并取得了2胜3平的成绩。

在即将到来的对决中，我预计客队将击败保加利亚，考虑到这些国家队目前的状态。好运！

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这是两支守势相当强的队伍之间的对决，北爱尔兰和希腊。他们以防守、反击的打法流行，这两支球队都以同样的心态去参加这次会议——只是为了避免失败。首先，这个组织将是一场有趣的斗争，因为这两个已经提到的国家与科索沃和塞浦路斯共享这个组织。说实话，任何人都可以在这个小组中获得第一名，这将是一场重要的揭幕战，比赛将在北爱尔兰贝尔法斯特的温莎公园举行。

东道主0-1负于匈牙利，而客队0-1负于黑山。希腊在之前的五场比赛中只赢了一场，而且在对阵西班牙、瑞典、黑山和科索沃的比赛中都没有获胜。与此同时，东道主最近取得了一些不错的成绩，甚至在主场对阵意大利时获得了一分，他们将在同一片场地上以0比0的比分对阵希腊。这场平局让意大利失去了世界杯预选赛的第一名，最终也让他们失去了即将到来的2022年世界杯的资格。

北爱尔兰之前的五场主场比赛都只进了一球或更少。分别与保加利亚和瑞士战平，1比0战胜立陶宛，0比0战胜意大利，0比1输给匈牙利。主教练伊恩-巴拉克拉夫的防守真的很好，他让这个国家成为了一支严肃的球队，因为如果你想得分，你永远不能降低你的节奏。希腊和北爱尔兰之间的最近两次交锋都以2014年2比0和2015年3比1的比分取得胜利。

在即将到来的比赛中，我认为要么是东道主获胜，要么是两队分享积分的低分比赛。然而，我不认为希腊会赢。好运！