Spain beat North Macedonia 1-2. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 19 shots. Best on the pitch was Isco, rated 8.1.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — UEFA
   NOR 5-3-2·4-3-3 ESP
   Coach: I. Angelovski · LopeteguiReferee: P. Gil📍 Toše Proeski Arena
2. 1. First half
   2. 15'
      

      ESP
      GOOOAL!David SilvaAssist: Jordi Alba
   3. 27'
      

      ESP
      GOOOAL!Diego CostaAssist: Isco
   4. 35'
      NOR
      Yellow card
      Goran Pandev
3. 1. Second half
   2. 46'
      NOR
      Substitution
      ▲Elif Elmas▼Ostoja Stjepanović
   3. 64'
      NOR
      Yellow card
      D. Mojsov
   4. 66'
      NOR
      GOOOAL!Stefan RistovskiAssist: G. Pandev
   5. 67'
      

      ESP
      Yellow card
      David Silva
   6. 69'
      

      ESP
      Substitution
      ▲Pedro▼David Silva
   7. 71'
      

      ESP
      Yellow card
      Jordi Alba
   8. 74'
      NOR
      Substitution
      ▲Aleksandar Trajkovski▼K. Toshevski
   9. 74'
      

      ESP
      Substitution
      ▲Koke▼Thiago Alcântara
   10. 78'
       NOR
       Yellow card
       Elif Elmas
   11. 85'
       NOR
       Substitution
       ▲Ivan Trichkovski▼D. Mojsov
   12. 87'
       NOR
       Yellow card
       V. Shikov
   13. 90'
       NOR
       Yellow card
       Kire Ristevski
   14. 90+2'
       

       ESP
       Substitution
       ▲Saúl▼Iniesta