First League match preview and statistics: Skendija 79 fight Borec

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ecolog Arena (15000 seats)

Skendija 79 have performed better than Borec so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Skendija 79 have the most scored goals (56) in First League
  • Borec have the fewest points (9) away in First League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Skendija 79 form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 First League games here at Ecolog Arena for Skendija 79. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. Skendija 79 haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Pelister, 129 days ago. There’s a good atmosphere here at Ecolog Arena after three straight home wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 284 minutes.

Skendija enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Belasica's place. The match ended 3-0. Ahead of that match, Skendija won a home game hosting Akademija Pandev (1-0).

Skendija 79 are traveling soon after this match as the First League match at Rabotnicki awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Skendija 79 in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Skendija have conceded only 8 goals.

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Borec form and stats

There's been little loot from Borec's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the First League. Borec, who have the fewest points (9) away in First League, only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Borec who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Pelister was the last time a defeat was avoided. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Borec are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Borec's previous game was their home loss versus Shkupi (0-1). Prior to that match, the Borec manager B. Hristov faced defeat when travelling to Makedonija and losing 1-2.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vardar in just three days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 18 goals have been conceded by Borec in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Borec - Skendija 0-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Skendija victories, one draw and two Borec wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SkendijaB. Ibraimi
B. Ibraimi
19 goals
Skendija 79L. Doriev
L. Doriev
7 goals

Skendija 79 missing players

Borec missing players

Skendija 79 Borec
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 13 28
19 8 3 Won W 0 2 9
8 5 1 Drew D 1 3 6
1 1 1 Lost L 3 8 13
56 21 5 Scored S 1 10 25
16 8 3 Conceded C 6 18 29
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 89%
75% 71% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 61%
46% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 39%
21% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
11% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 39%
46% 43% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 29%
11% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 75% 38% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.8 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 13.3 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.1 9.5
5.3 5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 3.8
38% 30% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 23% 23%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Borec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Borec have the fewest points (9) away in First League
  • Skendija 79 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Skendija 79 have scored more than double the goals of Borec.
  • Skendija 79 have the fewest conceded goals (16) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the fewest conceded goals (8) at home in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the most points from losing position (15) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the most scored goals (56) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have the the best goal difference (+40) in First League
  • Skendija 79 is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 28 19 8 1 56 16 14 8 5 1 21 8 14 11 3 0 35 8 40 65
2 Shkupi 28 15 7 6 38 23 14 7 3 4 22 15 14 8 4 2 16 8 15 52
3 Makedonija 28 14 6 8 43 36 14 8 2 4 19 15 14 6 4 4 24 21 7 48
4 Struga 28 11 11 6 32 22 15 8 6 1 23 9 13 3 5 5 9 13 10 44
5 Rabotnicki 28 9 14 5 35 29 15 6 7 2 21 16 13 3 7 3 14 13 6 41
6 Pelister 28 9 8 11 28 34 13 6 4 3 16 13 15 3 4 8 12 21 -6 35
7 Akademija Pandev 28 10 4 14 23 28 14 7 0 7 14 12 14 3 4 7 9 16 -5 34
8 Borec 28 9 6 13 25 29 15 7 3 5 15 11 13 2 3 8 10 18 -4 33
9 Renova 28 7 10 11 31 40 14 4 4 6 13 17 14 3 6 5 18 23 -9 31
10 Sileks 28 8 5 15 41 37 13 4 2 7 20 20 15 4 3 8 21 17 4 29
11 Vardar 28 6 10 12 30 52 13 3 6 4 17 26 15 3 4 8 13 26 -22 28
12 Belasica 28 4 5 19 21 57 14 0 5 9 8 32 14 4 0 10 13 25 -36 17