Match preview: 27 points separate the participants so far, Shkupi having done best. Will Borec take the guests by surprise?
- Borec have the most conceded goals (31) in First League
- Shkupi have the most scored goals (40) in First League
It's no vacation for neither Borec nor Shkupi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Borec form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the First League this season. Borec have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadion Zoran Paunov.
Happy days for Borec in their previous game, a First League match away at Pelister (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.
In the match before that, Borec hosted Makedonija and drew the game 1-1.Borec are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Borec have conceded 13 from these games. When Borec hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Skopje, Tikves and Pelister), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Shkupi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (40) in First League, on their First League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Shkupi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Skendija 79 that finished 1-1.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Skopje with the score of 3-1.Shkupi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. 8 goals have been conceded by Shkupi in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended Shkupi - Borec 3-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - zero - six (Borec wins - draws - Shkupi wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Adetunji 10 goals | F. Álvarez Rodriguez 8 goals | M. Cvetanoski 5 goals |
Borec missing players
Shkupi missing players
| Borec | Shkupi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 40 |
| 31 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 82% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 59% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 12.1 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 4.1 | 5.5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 23% | 18% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | 39% |
| 10.5 | 9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.4 | 7.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
- Borec have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Borec have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in First League
- Borec have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First League
- Borec have the most conceded goals (31) in First League
- Borec have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in First League
- Borec have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in First League
- Borec have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Borec haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shkupi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Shkupi have scored more than double the goals of Borec.
- Shkupi have the fewest conceded goals (11) in First League
- Shkupi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in First League
- Shkupi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in First League
- Shkupi have the most clean sheets (10) in First League
- Shkupi have the most matches over the total-line (10) in First League
- Shkupi have the most scored goals (40) in First League
- Shkupi have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in First League
- Shkupi have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in First League
- Shkupi have the the best goal difference (+29) in First League
- Shkupi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 39 |
| 2 | Akademija Pandev | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Skendija 79 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Renova | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Bregalnica Stip | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Makedonija | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 7 | Struga | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Rabotnicki | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 9 | Skopje | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | Tikves | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Borec | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 12 |
| 12 | Pelister | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 5 |