Bosnia-Herzegovina vs North Macedonia Prediction: The Dragons to give themselves a boost

Bosnia-Herzegovina will play their FIFA World Cup warm-up friendly against North Macedonia on Friday (8:30pm local, 7:30pm BST) in Kosevo. The Dragons are about to embark on their second campaign at the World Cup finals, having made their way here through one of the European play-off pathways.

Read on for my Bosnia-Herzegovina vs North Macedonia predictions, aided by the latest team news and match odds from Betfred.

Team News

Goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj is expected to start behind a centre-back duo of Nikola Katic and Dzenis Burnic in this game and over the course of the World Cup.

Should boss Sergej Barbarez continue with his 4-4-2 shape, Ivan Sunjic and Ivan Basic are likely to be the midfield pairing, while star man and veteran Edin Dzeko could be joined by Haris Tabakovic in attack.

Football Odds

North Macedonia might line up with a defensive trio of Gjoko Zajkov, Darko Velkovski and Imran Fetai.

Midfielders Tihomir Kostadinov and Isnik Alimi will look to offer support to a frontline featuring Enis Bardhi, Eljif Elmas and Elmin Rastoder.

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs North Macedonia Odds

Bosnia have lost just one of their last six home games and they are 19/20 to come out on top here.

Their past three fixtures have finished level after 90 minutes and the draw here can be backed at 9/4.

North Macedonia are an 11/4 bet to claim the victory on Friday.

The visitors have blanked in four of their previous six games and BTTS - No is on offer at 8/11.

Match Result - Bosnia-Herzegovina @ 19/20

Bosnia are coming into this summer with some decent momentum behind them. The Dragons should be floating on the confidence gained by defeating Italy to secure their place at the World Cup.

This is their only friendly before heading off to North America, so I think Barbarez and his players will want to make the most of it. Having lost just one of their last six outings on home soil, I fancy Bosnia to come out on top against North Macedonia.

I think this selection is also a sensible play because the visitors have failed to score in four of their past six games.

Total Goals - Under 2.5 @ 4/6

As this is a friendly, I'm not expecting either side to massively exert themselves on Friday night. Especially for Bosnia because they will want to avoid any injuries right before their World Cup campaign begins.

With this in mind, I'm also covering Under 2.5 Goals, which has been a winning selection in each of the hosts' three most recent matches in all competitions.

Additionally, there have been fewer than three goals scored in four of North Macedonia's previous six fixtures, all of which were contests they failed to score in.

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