Key stats ahead of Scotland's trip to North Macedonia

North Macedonia v Scotland preview

Key stats as Scotland look to get back to winning ways with a potentially difficult trip to North Macedonia

Author | Andy Mac

Pocognoli (D1 L1) could become only the fourth Scotland manager to fail to win any of his first three games in charge, after John Prentice, Berti Vogts and George Burley. All three failed to win any of their first four matches at the helm.

Scotland have failed to score in their past four internationals for only the second time in their history, after a run in May 1971. They have never gone five successive games without scoring.

North Macedonia have gone six games without scoring, the longest such run in their history. They could also suffer four consecutive defeats for the first time since November 2016, when they lost five in a row.

Robertson is set to win his 100th Scotland cap if he features against North Macedonia, becoming only the second player to reach the milestone for the national team after Dalglish (102).

Scotland have lost just one of their previous seven away matches in all competitions (W4 D2), keeping clean sheets in five of those games.

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After losing their first meeting with North Macedonia in September 2008 (0-1), Scotland have gone unbeaten in their three encounters since (W2 D1), most recently winning 2-1 in September 2013.