First League: Top-drawer vs subpar, at least based on the matches so far. Akademija Pandev - Tikves. Home win or a surprise?
- Akademija Pandev have the most points from losing position (10) in First League
- Tikves have yet to win a game away.
Akademija Pandev and Tikves should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Akademija Pandev form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 First League games here at Stadion Blagoj Istatov for Akademija Pandev. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marko Jovanovski not having conceded a league goal in 206 minutes.
Akademija are returning here after visiting Rabotnicki in a First League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. M. Mirchevski (2) and V. Krstevski scored the goal(s). The 3-0 win against Rabotnicki was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Struga that finished 0-0.The Akademija manager A. Vasoski has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. Akademija's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tikves form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tikves so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Tikves had fun at their own home (Stadion Blagoj Istatov) last time out, beating Borec 2-1. S. Hristov and I. Ivanovski scored.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Skendija 79.The attacking power of Tikves when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Tikves have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Tikves - Akademija 0-2 was the product when these participants formerly played each other, earlier this season. Previous four meetings involving these sides: Akademija won four, Tikves triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mirchevski 13 goals |  I. Ivanovski 3 goals |  K. Velinovski 2 goals |
Akademija Pandev missing players
Tikves missing players
| Akademija Pandev | Tikves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 77% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 77% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 54% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 46% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 46% |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 8.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.7 | 8.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 50% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 7.8 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.8 | 10.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
- Akademija Pandev have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Akademija Pandev have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Akademija Pandev have scored more than double the goals of Tikves.
- Akademija Pandev have the most points from losing position (10) in First League
- Akademija Pandev haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Akademija Pandev's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Tikves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tikves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tikves have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Tikves have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shkupi | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Akademija Pandev | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Renova | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Bregalnica Stip | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 5 | Skendija 79 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | Struga | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | Rabotnicki | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Makedonija | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Skopje | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Tikves | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Borec | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 8 |
| 12 | Pelister | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -14 | 4 |