First League match guide and numbers: Skendija 79 meet Skopje

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ecolog Arena (15000 seats)

Skendija 79 are thought of as expected winners of this home game against Skopje, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Skendija 79 is in the best form (4-2-0) in First League
  • Skendija 79 have scored more than double the goals of Skopje.

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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Skendija 79 form and stats

Skendija 79 have performed here at Ecolog Arena this season with 5 wins from 8 First League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ecolog Arena.

Skendija manager Akrapović and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Shkupi (placed 1st) in the First League.

Ahead of that match, Skendija won a home game hosting Pelister (2-1).

Skendija 79 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ecolog Arena with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Skendija have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Skopje form and stats

There's been little loot from Skopje's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the First League. Skopje only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Skopje had fun at their own home (Ecolog Arena) last time out, beating Struga 1-0.

A 1-3 loss hosting Shkupi before that.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Skopje have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Skendija 79 and Skopje have met before this season: Skopje - Skendija 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Skendija six wins, four draws and Skopje zero victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Skendija 79L. Doriev
L. Doriev
6 goals
SkendijaS. Guri
S. Guri
6 goals
SkopjeA. Jasharovski
A. Jasharovski
5 goals

Skendija 79 missing players

Skopje missing players

Skendija 79 Skopje
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
8 5 2 Won W 0 2 5
7 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
2 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
27 14 6 Scored S 2 7 13
14 4 2 Conceded C 5 13 21
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 76%
76% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 53%
47% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 35%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 12%
53% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 41%
47% 62% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 47%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 35%
 
6.9 6.9 9.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.1
2.4 1.5 0.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.2 4.4
2.9 2.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.6 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.9 15.2 22 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9 9.5
5.2 6.5 8.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.6
30% 27% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 27% 21%
 
6.8 6.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.4 9.5
2.4 1.9 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5 3.8
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Skendija 79 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Skendija 79 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Skendija 79 have scored more than double the goals of Skopje.
  • Skendija 79 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Skendija 79 is in the best form (4-2-0) in First League
  • Skopje have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shkupi 17 12 3 2 40 11 9 8 1 0 28 3 8 4 2 2 12 8 29 39
2 Akademija Pandev 17 9 5 3 27 18 8 5 2 1 15 9 9 4 3 2 12 9 9 32
3 Skendija 79 17 8 7 2 27 14 8 5 2 1 14 4 9 3 5 1 13 10 13 31
4 Renova 17 7 6 4 25 15 9 4 3 2 14 8 8 3 3 2 11 7 10 27
5 Bregalnica Stip 17 7 5 5 24 24 9 6 2 1 18 10 8 1 3 4 6 14 0 26
6 Makedonija 17 7 3 7 25 30 9 5 2 2 18 11 8 2 1 5 7 19 -5 24
7 Struga 17 5 8 4 13 14 8 4 4 0 9 4 9 1 4 4 4 10 -1 23
8 Rabotnicki 17 6 4 7 12 17 8 3 3 2 6 6 9 3 1 5 6 11 -5 22
9 Skopje 17 5 5 7 13 21 9 3 3 3 6 8 8 2 2 4 7 13 -8 20
10 Tikves 17 3 6 8 15 20 8 3 2 3 8 7 9 0 4 5 7 13 -5 15
11 Borec 17 3 3 11 16 31 8 2 2 4 8 13 9 1 1 7 8 18 -15 12
12 Pelister 17 0 5 12 6 28 9 0 4 5 3 13 8 0 1 7 3 15 -22 5