With the edgy opening game out of the way it’s time for the second First League meeting of the season. Skopje eagerly anticipate Bregalnica Stip in front of their stadium regulars.
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.
Skopje form and stats
Last season, Skopje's league statistics were 17 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Second League. Over these 26 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Skopje managed 11-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 7 conceded. The Skopje fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Železarnica and will expect new points from this game. Skopje has played 18 games in a row here without a defeat.
An away draw last time out for Skopje, facing Renova in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Skopje had a Second League home game versus Veleshta which ended with a victory 3-0.The manager L. Markovski will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Makedonija in only three days.
Bregalnica Stip form and stats
Let's have a look at how Bregalnica Stip performed last season in the Second League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded 18 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 1 and lost 0 with 30/9 goals scored/conceded. Things are running smoothly for Bregalnica who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 39 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Tikves.
Bregalnica's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shkupi that finished 0-0.
Before that, Bregalnica secured a home win against Tikves with the score 5-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Skendija 79 in just three days.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Skopje victories, three draws and four Bregalnica Stip wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Skopje missing players
Bregalnica Stip missing players
| Skopje | Bregalnica Stip | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Skopje | Last season | Bregalnica Stip | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 12 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Scored | S | 29 | 73 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 65% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 93% | ||
| 54% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 67% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 37% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 19% | ||
| 46% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 67% | ||
| 50% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 33% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 1.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 70% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Makedonija | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Rabotnicki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Akademija Pandev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Renova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Skopje | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Struga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bregalnica Stip | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Shkupi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Skendija 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tikves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Borec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Pelister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skopje | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 27 | 58 |
| 2 | Ohrid | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 47 |
| 3 | Veleshta | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 47 |
| 4 | Gostivar | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 43 |
| 5 | Korab Debar | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 6 | Kadino | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Velazerimi 77 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Labunishta | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 9 | Drita | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -12 | 22 |
| 10 | Teteks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 |
| 10 | Vardari Forino | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -20 | 10 |