Akademija Pandev have travelled here for an intriguing duel versus the hosts Struga. Get ready for the match with this full First League preview!
The hosts Struga saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at Swift Hesperange, so at least Struga are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Struga form and stats
The season before, Struga's league stats were 20 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses, ending with 1st position in the First League. During these 30 matches they scored {53 goals} and let in 19. Performing at home in the former season Struga produced 13-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with {34 goals} and 9 conceded. The hosts won their first First League game here at Gradska Plaža Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Struga last season were 13 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses from 16 games.
The regulars are hoping that Struga will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against Swift Hesperange.
Before that result, a home victory hosting Swift Hesperange in the Europa Conference League. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Struga have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Struga as they are travelling to their away game against Voska Sport in the First League. That match is two days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Struga's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 0 conceded.
Akademija Pandev form and stats
The Akademija Pandev goalkeeper Marko Alchevski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 250 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Akademija Pandev had fun at their own home (Gradska Plaža Stadium) last time out, beating Voska Sport 2-0. Krstevski and Rufati scored.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Vardar.We have checked recent matches where Akademija have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game Akademija Pandev return home for a First League game against Tikves. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Struga-Akademija Pandev H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Struga three wins, Akademija Pandev three wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Radeski 1 goals |  S. Jarović 1 goals |   A. Rufati 1 goals |
Struga missing players
Akademija Pandev missing players
| Struga | Akademija Pandev | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Struga | Last season | Akademija Pandev | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 53 | 34 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 19 | 38 | ||
| 93% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 47% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | ||
| 10% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 47% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | ||
| 13% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 12 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 42% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 25% | ||
| 7.3 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tikves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Akademija Pandev | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Skendija 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Bregalnica Stip | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sileks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Shkupi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Struga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Makedonija | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Voska Sport | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Vardar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Gostivar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Struga | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 68 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 35 | 58 |
| 3 | Skendija 79 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 57 |
| 4 | Sileks | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 48 |
| 5 | Bregalnica Stip | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 6 | Tikves | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 40 |
| 7 | Makedonija | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 39 |
| 8 | Rabotnicki | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 37 |
| 9 | Akademija Pandev | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Skopje | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 32 | -27 | 22 |
| 11 | Pobeda | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 38 | -60 | 13 |
| 12 | Renova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
