First League match preview and statistics: Akademija Pandev fight Struga

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Blagoj Istatov

This is the First League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Akademija Pandev or Struga get that important first win?

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Akademija Pandev form and stats

Last season, Akademija Pandev's league statistics were 12 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the First League. Over these 33 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 36. Playing at home last season Akademija Pandev managed 8-1-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 14 conceded.

Akademija Pandev have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Akademija have scored 6 goals and conceded 5 times.

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Struga form and stats

Let's have a look at how Struga performed last season in the First League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 12 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 24 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 15/15 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Struga as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Struga have played six with the results W3-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Struga has scored 9 goals and conceded 5 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - three - zero (Akademija Pandev wins - draws - Struga wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Akademija Pandev missing players

Struga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Akademija Pandev Struga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Akademija Pandev Last season Struga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   16 33
12 8   Won W   6 15
5 1   Drew D   5 12
16 7   Lost L   5 6
32 18   Scored S   15 39
36 14   Conceded C   15 24
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 88%
58% 44%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 64%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 27%
15% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 9%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
39% 38%   BTTS BTTS   44% 42%
27% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 42%
42% 38%   Failed to Score F T   38% 27%
 
3.7 4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 4
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.3 3.1
2.6 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.5
5 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
8.8 9.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.4 8.6
3.9 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.7
24% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akademija Pandev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bregalnica Stip 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Makedonija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Pelister 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rabotnicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Renova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Shkupi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Skendija 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Skopje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Struga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tikves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Skendija 79 33 22 9 2 69 26 17 9 6 2 25 12 16 13 3 0 44 14 43 75
2 Shkupi 33 16 11 6 41 24 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 8 6 2 17 9 17 59
3 Struga 33 15 12 6 39 24 17 9 7 1 24 9 16 6 5 5 15 15 15 57
4 Makedonija 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 2 6 27 22 16 7 5 4 26 21 10 55
5 Rabotnicki 33 11 15 7 45 39 17 7 7 3 27 22 16 4 8 4 18 17 6 48
6 Pelister 33 12 9 12 34 38 16 9 4 3 22 14 17 3 5 9 12 24 -4 45
7 Akademija Pandev 33 12 5 16 32 36 16 8 1 7 18 14 17 4 4 9 14 22 -4 41
8 Borec 33 11 7 15 32 36 17 9 3 5 19 11 16 2 4 10 13 25 -4 40
9 Sileks 33 10 6 17 49 45 16 5 3 8 24 24 17 5 3 9 25 21 4 36
10 Renova 33 8 12 13 36 46 16 5 5 6 17 19 17 3 7 7 19 27 -10 36
11 Vardar 33 7 10 16 32 60 16 4 6 6 19 31 17 3 4 10 13 29 -28 31
12 Belasica 33 4 5 24 23 68 16 0 5 11 9 37 17 4 0 13 14 31 -45 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akademija Pandev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bregalnica Stip 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Makedonija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Pelister 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rabotnicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Renova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Shkupi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Skendija 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Skopje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Struga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tikves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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