Evenly matched teams: Struga vs Akademija Pandev match preview

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Date: Wed 18.September
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gradska Plaža Stadium

It's ground zero in First League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how the teams did in their pre-season friendlies!

The hosts Struga saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the First League.

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Struga form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Struga have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 0.

Struga could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the First League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Gradska Plaža Stadium they witnessed 8 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W15 - D9 - L3 from 27 games.

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Akademija Pandev form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Akademija Pandev playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 0 Akademija Pandev wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Akademija Pandev performed last season in the First League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 18/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

 
L. Doriev
16 goals
 
L. Doriev
16 goals
 
D. Milovanovikj
6 goals

Struga missing players

Akademija Pandev missing players

Struga Akademija Pandev
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 0 2 5
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
6 5 0 Scored S 0 2 7
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 80%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
80% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
80% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 80%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
3.5 7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3 5.3
4 5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4 6
4.5 4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Akademija Pandev have not yet lost a game.
  • Akademija Pandev have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Akademija Pandev have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • All of Struga's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Struga have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Struga have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Struga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Struga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Struga Last season Akademija Pandev
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   18 36
15 8   Won W   6 17
9 4   Drew D   4 7
3 2   Lost L   8 12
42 26   Scored S   18 45
17 8   Conceded C   23 35
85% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
56% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 67%
33% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 39%
19% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 14%
15% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 6%
41% 29%   BTTS BTTS   44% 36%
56% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 33%
19% 21%   Failed to Score F T   39% 36%
 
4.5 7.5   Corners For (avg) C F   3.9 4
0.8 0.5   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.1 4.8
0.8 0   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
0 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Akademija Pandev haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Struga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Struga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Struga have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Struga have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Struga
All First League Second League Club Friendlies Macedonian Cup
All Home Away
18-08-19 FL Renova 2 - 1 Struga
21-08-19 MC Lokomotiva 1 - 5 Struga
25-08-19 FL Struga 2 - 1 Sileks
31-08-19 FL Struga 1 - 1 Shkupi
14-09-19 FL Vardar 3 - 0 Struga
22-09-19 FL Skendija 79 13:30 Struga
25-09-19 MC Borec 13:30 Struga
29-09-19 FL Struga 13:00 Makedonija
06-10-19 FL Borec 13:00 Struga
19-10-19 FL Rabotnicki 12:30 Struga
Akademija Pandev
All First League Europa League Club Friendlies Macedonian Cup
All Home Away
10-08-19 FL Akademija Pandev 1 - 0 Skendija 79
18-08-19 FL Makedonija 0 - 0 Akademija Pandev
25-08-19 FL Akademija Pandev 2 - 0 Borec
31-08-19 FL Rabotnicki 1 - 2 Akademija Pandev
13-09-19 FL Akademija Pandev 2 - 0 Renova
22-09-19 FL Akademija Pandev 13:30 Shkupi
25-09-19 MC Akademija Pandev 13:30 Osogovo
29-09-19 FL Vardar 13:00 Akademija Pandev
06-10-19 FL Akademija Pandev 13:00 Sileks
19-10-19 FL Skendija 79 12:30 Akademija Pandev

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akademija Pandev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Makedonija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rabotnicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Renova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Shkupi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sileks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Skendija 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Struga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Vardar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Struga 27 15 9 3 42 17 14 8 4 2 26 8 13 7 5 1 16 9 25 54
2 Labunishta 27 11 10 6 23 27 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 6 3 9 17 -4 43
3 Pelister 27 11 8 8 27 20 14 10 1 3 21 11 13 1 7 5 6 9 7 41
4 Velazerimi 77 27 11 6 10 34 32 13 6 4 3 15 10 14 5 2 7 19 22 2 39
5 Gostivar 27 10 8 9 40 34 14 4 6 4 20 18 13 6 2 5 20 16 6 38
6 Skopje 27 10 7 10 32 24 14 9 3 2 27 10 13 1 4 8 5 14 8 37
7 Korab Debar 27 10 6 11 32 30 13 7 3 3 17 11 14 3 3 8 15 19 2 36
8 Teteks 27 9 5 13 28 34 13 6 2 5 15 15 14 3 3 8 13 19 -6 32
9 Gench Kalemler 27 6 8 13 25 35 13 4 5 4 14 14 14 2 3 9 11 21 -10 26
10 Goblen Junior Kumanovo 27 4 9 14 15 45 13 1 6 6 5 17 14 3 3 8 10 28 -30 21
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 Skendija 79 23 16 4 3 51 14 12 10 1 1 35 9 11 6 3 2 16 5 37 52
2 Makedonija 35 11 11 13 42 49 18 8 7 3 24 15 17 3 4 10 18 34 -7 44
3 Vardar 24 11 9 4 31 15 12 7 4 1 20 5 12 4 5 3 11 10 16 42
4 Akademija Pandev 24 11 6 7 31 25 12 7 2 3 19 10 12 4 4 4 12 15 6 39
5 Shkupi 23 10 6 7 32 27 12 6 4 2 18 12 11 4 2 5 14 15 5 36
6 Sileks 23 8 7 8 18 24 12 6 4 2 13 9 11 2 3 6 5 15 -6 31
7 Renova 23 7 8 8 37 33 11 5 4 2 22 11 12 2 4 6 15 22 4 29
8 Rabotnicki 23 8 5 10 25 28 11 2 3 6 13 15 12 6 2 4 12 13 -3 29
9 Belasica 24 6 7 11 27 32 12 5 2 5 16 15 12 1 5 6 11 17 -5 25
10 Pobeda 22 1 3 18 12 59 10 0 2 8 5 20 12 1 1 10 7 39 -47 6

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