Pelister hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 9th position in the First League table. Visiting Vardar holds 8th place with 10 pts.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Pelister form and stats
When playing at home in the First League, Pelister have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The Pelister fans got no joy from their last match, a First League game also here at Stadion pod Tumbe Kafe: A 1-3 defeat against Skendija 79 (placed 1st). Before that, Pelister had a Macedonian Cup home game versus Ljuboten which ended with a victory 4-0.
Pelister have scored 2 goals here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Pelister have conceded only 3 goals.
Vardar form and stats
Vardar are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Vardar go into this game after a win, the home game against Belasica that ended 3-1. Before that, Vardar travelled to Vardari Forino and returned home with a draw after the Macedonian Cup game finished 2-2.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vardar have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. Vardar have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Pelister won two, Vardar won five and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Pelister missing players
Vardar missing players
| Pelister | Vardar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 71% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | 19 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 29 | 80 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 25% |
- Vardar have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Vardar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Makedonija | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Borec | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Struga | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sileks | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | Rabotnicki | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Vardar | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 9 | Pelister | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Akademija Pandev | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Renova | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 12 | Belasica | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -18 | 0 |