Ireland will be going for their second straight win over Macedonia when the two teams meet in a Group B qualifying match for Euro 2012 at the City Stadium in Skopje on June 4th. Ireland beat the Macedonians 2-1 back in March 26th. Robbie Keane and Aiden McGeady scored for Ireland in that match with Ivan Trickovski scoring for the visitors. This is a very tight group with Ireland sitting in first place with 10 points with three wins, a draw, and a loss. However, Russia and Slovakia also have 10 points. Macedonia is in fifth place with four points from a win, a draw, and three losses. Needless to say this is a huge game for both teams as points are precious in this group.Macedonia has won one, lost three, and drawn one in their past five games and havent played since losing to Ireland in March. Ireland has been more active on the friendly front and have won four and lost once in their last five. They beat Northern Ireland 5-0 and Scotland 1-0 in the last week of May and their loss was a close 3-2 decision to Uruguay at home in March. Robbie Keane has been playing well for the Irish and is now the teams all-time leading scorer with 49.Macedonia will be playing in their new stadium so this should give them some sort of lift, but the Irish have been pretty hot lately. Shay Given is back in goal for Ireland and thats a huge boost to them as hes one of the best keepers in the world. This should be another close game and Ireland will be hoping to continue their hot streak and keep the momentum going. That means Keane will have to be in top form once again. Macedonia needs the points to keep pace and have any hope of qualifying. This is a good opportunity to do it against an Irish team that may be a little tired and banged up from their two games last week.

Macedonia vs Ireland Predictions

Ireland wont be too happy with a draw here as it could knock them out of first place as Russia plays Armenia and Slovakia takes on Andorra.! However , it looks like that might be all they get out of this road trip as this match points to a 1-1 draw. Bet on the game online at Bet365