Struga have come here for an engaging fight against the hosting Tikves. Read up on the game with this in-depth First League preview!
Tikves and Struga should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Tikves form and stats
Tikves have less points than they have played home games in the First League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Tikves to get some points in this home game.
Tikves faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rabotnicki (1-2).
Preceding that match was the home game against Akademija Pandev that was lost 0-2.Early season league goal statistics from Tikves's 2 home games: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Struga form and stats
Struga are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Struga has drawn their two previous away games.
Struga go into this game after a win, the home game against Shkupi that ended 4-2. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Struga, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rabotnicki.1 goal so far away for Struga, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Bosančić 3 goals | E. Skenderi 2 goals |  A. Varelovski 1 goals |
Tikves missing players
Struga missing players
| Tikves | Struga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 7.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| Tikves | Last season | Struga | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 15 | 39 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 85% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 63% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | ||
| 37% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 19% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 3% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 42% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 42% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 27% | ||
| 5.2 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 53% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Struga | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Renova | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Shkupi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Makedonija | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Skendija 79 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Skopje | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Bregalnica Stip | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Borec | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Tikves | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | Pelister | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Bregalnica Stip | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 51 | 71 |
| 2 | Tikves | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 41 | 62 |
| 3 | Pehchevo | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | FK Kozuv Gevgelija | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 36 |
| 5 | FK Sloga Vinica 1934 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 6 | Kamenica-Sasa | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| 7 | Osogovo | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 8 | Pobeda | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Plackovica | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 10 | Rosoman | 27 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 46 | -54 | 10 |
| 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 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 69 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 43 | 75 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Struga | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 4 | Makedonija | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 55 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 33 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 45 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Pelister | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 45 |
| 7 | Akademija Pandev | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Borec | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -4 | 40 |
| 9 | Sileks | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 49 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 36 |
| 10 | Renova | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Vardar | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -28 | 31 |
| 12 | Belasica | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 31 | -45 | 17 |