First League match preview: Sileks versus Struga

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski stadion Kratovo (1800 seats)

Struggling Sileks will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Struga in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Sileks have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in First League
  • Struga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in First League

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!

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Sileks form and stats

5-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Sileks so far this season.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sileks as they are travelling to their away game against Akademija Pandev in the Macedonian Cup. That match is two days after this one.

Sileks have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gradski stadion Kratovo with 24 goals in 15 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sileks defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Struga form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the First League. Struga have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

The Struga goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Struga have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sileks - Struga 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Sileks won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Struga has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / five

Top Goalscorers

SileksP. Gorgiev
P. Gorgiev
12 goals
SileksI. Ivanovski
I. Ivanovski
8 goals
SileksD. Ristov
D. Ristov
7 goals

Sileks missing players

Struga missing players

Sileks Struga
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 3 15 32
10 5 0 Won W 1 5 14
6 3 0 Drew D 2 5 12
16 7 4 Lost L 0 5 6
49 24 2 Scored S 3 14 38
44 23 9 Conceded C 2 15 24
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 88%
75% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 66%
59% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 27% 28%
34% 40% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 9%
16% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
53% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 44%
22% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 41%
31% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.6
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8 9.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.9 8.9
3.6 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.9
46% 43% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 23% 30%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Sileks have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sileks have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in First League
  • Struga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) 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 Skendija 79 32 22 8 2 68 25 16 9 5 2 24 11 16 13 3 0 44 14 43 74
2 Shkupi 32 16 10 6 40 23 17 8 5 4 24 15 15 8 5 2 16 8 17 58
3 Struga 32 14 12 6 38 24 17 9 7 1 24 9 15 5 5 5 14 15 14 54
4 Makedonija 32 15 7 10 51 43 17 9 2 6 27 22 15 6 5 4 24 21 8 52
5 Rabotnicki 32 11 14 7 44 38 17 7 7 3 27 22 15 4 7 4 17 16 6 47
6 Pelister 32 11 9 12 32 38 15 8 4 3 20 14 17 3 5 9 12 24 -6 42
7 Borec 32 11 7 14 31 33 17 9 3 5 19 11 15 2 4 9 12 22 -2 40
8 Akademija Pandev 32 11 5 16 29 35 15 7 1 7 15 13 17 4 4 9 14 22 -6 38
9 Sileks 32 10 6 16 49 44 15 5 3 7 24 23 17 5 3 9 25 21 5 36
10 Renova 32 8 11 13 35 45 15 5 4 6 16 18 17 3 7 7 19 27 -10 35
11 Vardar 32 7 10 15 32 58 15 4 6 5 19 29 17 3 4 10 13 29 -26 31
12 Belasica 32 4 5 23 23 66 16 0 5 11 9 37 16 4 0 12 14 29 -43 17