North Macedonia vs Switzerland
Our model puts a Switzerland win at 61.1% in this Int: UEFA Nations League fixture — the clearest call on this fixture. Expected goals run 0.82 to 1.85.
Where we disagree with the market
Bookmakers price Switzerland at 1.35, which implies about 74.1%. Our model has it at 61.1% — 13 points lower. That is a wide gap, and it is worth being plain about what it means: it is not a claim that the price is wrong and we are right. It means two methods that usually agree have landed far apart on this one, and only the result will say which of them read it better.
The ratings gap
Switzerland carry a rating of 1749 against 1514 for North Macedonia, a gap of 235 points. On our scale that is the difference between a side that controls most of its fixtures and one that has to earn each of them. It is also the single largest input into the probabilities above.
Attack against defence
The single rating hides where the mismatch actually sits. Splitting it, Switzerland's attack should find room against North Macedonia's defence, by 171 points. That is the mechanism behind the expected-goals line rather than a separate opinion about it.
