Can Makedonija surprise Shkupi in their own stadium?

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Wed 10.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Čair (6000 seats)

2nd position in the First League table for Shkupi right now, a fine showing. The match-going supporters hope for more glory as 5th-placed Makedonija visit Stadion Čair.

Insights:
  • Shkupi have the most scored goals (61) in First League
  • Shkupi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Makedonija have scored away.

This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning added stress and importance.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Shkupi form and stats

Shkupi are steadily winning First League games and points here at Stadion Čair. 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Shkupi are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

The Shkupi club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Makedonija and win 3-0.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Skendija 79.

Goals decide football matches and Shkupi are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 15 league matches. From these home matches, Shkupi have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Makedonija form and stats

Makedonija have only collected 16 points from their away games in the First League, after 4-4-8 (16 played). Bitter travels for Makedonija as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Tikves match.

Makedonija play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Shkupi (placed 2nd).

That result followed a home victory 7-0 versus Pobeda.

The attacking power of Makedonija when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Makedonija in these games.

Head 2 Head

Shkupi have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Makedonija.

Here's the final score when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Shkupi - Makedonija 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

ShkupiF. Álvarez Rodriguez
F. Álvarez Rodriguez
10 goals
ShkupiS. Adetunji
S. Adetunji
9 goals
MakedonijaF. Mishevski
F. Mishevski
7 goals

Shkupi missing players

Makedonija missing players

Shkupi Makedonija
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 6 16 30
17 11 5 Won W 1 4 10
7 3 0 Drew D 3 4 9
5 1 0 Lost L 2 8 11
61 35 18 Scored S 5 13 37
25 12 4 Conceded C 6 22 33
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 87%
79% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 67%
55% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 43%
34% 40% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 23%
21% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
48% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 47%
45% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 30%
17% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 37%
 
4.3 4.9 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.1 4
3.2 2.8 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.5 3.7
3 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2.1
5 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.3 13.2 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 2.8 6.7 8.4
5.7 6.6 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.1 3.4
37% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 26% 36%
 
6.4 5.7 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 10.9 10.2
2.9 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 4.1 3.6
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Makedonija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Makedonija have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shkupi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shkupi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Shkupi have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Makedonija have scored away.
  • Shkupi have the most matches over the total-line (16) in First League
  • Shkupi have the most scored goals (35) at home in First League
  • Shkupi have the most scored goals (61) in First League
  • Shkupi have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in First League
  • Shkupi have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in First League
  • Shkupi have the the best goal difference (+36) in First League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Struga 29 19 8 2 51 18 15 12 3 0 32 8 14 7 5 2 19 10 33 65
2 Shkupi 29 17 7 5 61 25 15 11 3 1 35 12 14 6 4 4 26 13 36 58
3 Skendija 79 29 15 9 5 41 22 16 7 7 2 21 11 13 8 2 3 20 11 19 54
4 Sileks 29 13 8 8 39 32 15 7 3 5 21 19 14 6 5 3 18 13 7 47
5 Makedonija 30 10 9 11 37 33 14 6 5 3 24 11 16 4 4 8 13 22 4 39
6 Bregalnica Stip 29 9 11 9 31 33 16 6 5 5 18 16 13 3 6 4 13 17 -2 38
7 Tikves 29 10 7 12 36 36 15 7 4 4 23 13 14 3 3 8 13 23 0 37
8 Rabotnicki 29 11 4 14 36 46 13 6 1 6 20 21 16 5 3 8 16 25 -10 37
9 Akademija Pandev 29 6 9 14 32 36 14 4 2 8 14 17 15 2 7 6 18 19 -4 27
10 Skopje 29 4 10 15 16 42 13 2 8 3 7 10 16 2 2 12 9 32 -26 22
11 Pobeda 29 3 4 22 17 74 14 2 2 10 8 36 15 1 2 12 9 38 -57 13
12 Renova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1