With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Borec fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Vardar.
- Borec is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Vardar have the fewest points from losing position (3) in First League
It's no vacation for neither Borec nor Vardar 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
Borec have collected 24 points from their First League home games so far after 7-3-5. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Borec with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Pelister game, 37 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Borec are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadion Zoran Paunov, having lost their two previous games here.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Shkupi (0-1).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borec as they are travelling to their away game against Sileks in the First League. That match is four days after this one.
Borec are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Borec have conceded only 11 goals.
Vardar form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vardar so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Vardar, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rabotnicki in just four days.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vardar have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Borec - Vardar 0-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Borec victory, one draw and three Vardar wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mirchevski 7 goals |
Borec missing players
Vardar missing players
| Borec | Vardar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 31 |
| 32 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 52 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 62% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 79% |
| 41% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 47% | 48% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 41% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 48% |
| 28% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 24% |
| 41% | 47% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.5 | 9.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 7.9 | 9.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| 23% | 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 35% | 31% |
- Borec is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Vardar have the fewest points from losing position (3) in First League
- Vardar haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Skendija 79 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 55 |
| 3 | Makedonija | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 48 |
| 4 | Struga | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 29 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | Pelister | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 38 |
| 7 | Akademija Pandev | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 34 |
| 8 | Borec | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 33 |
| 9 | Sileks | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 10 | Renova | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 | Vardar | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -21 | 31 |
| 12 | Belasica | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 26 | -37 | 17 |