Switzerland vs North Macedonia
Our model puts a Switzerland win at 86.7% in this Int: UEFA Nations League fixture — the clearest call on this fixture. Expected goals run 3.17 to 0.51.
Where we disagree with the market
Bookmakers price Switzerland at 1.07, which implies about 93.5%. Our model has it at 86.7% — 6.8 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 1757 against 1504 for North Macedonia, a gap of 254 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 192 points. That is the mechanism behind the expected-goals line rather than a separate opinion about it.
Switzerland are on a run
Switzerland arrive on 3 straight wins, part of 3 matches unbeaten. Form of that length moves our rating on its own, so it is already reflected in the numbers above rather than being an argument on top of them.
A high-scoring home side
One model here does nothing but estimate how likely the home side is to score four goals or more, and on this fixture it reads 78%. Across our settled fixtures that happens about 8% of the time, so this is well above ordinary. It says nothing about who wins — a side can score four and still be caught — but a match where one team is expected to run up a total is one where the scoreline is much harder to call than the result.