The managers A. Vasoski and J. Trenchovski are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the First League league table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vardar and Akademija Pandev.
Vardar form and stats
When playing at home, Vardar, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in First League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. After failing to beat Rabotnicki here at Telekom Arena, Vardar has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.Vardar manager A. Vasoski and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Pobeda in the First League. Before that, Vardar had a home game versus Sileks which ended with a victory 1-0.
Vardar has scored 7 goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Vardar have conceded only 4 goals.
Akademija Pandev form and stats
There's been little loot from Akademija Pandev's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games. Akademija Pandev only has 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Akademija Pandev's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Renova game.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First League home defeat versus Skendija 79 with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Renova.
Akademija Pandev has another fixture away, a Macedonian Cup game, against Pobeda in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Akademija Pandev have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, 6 away games. 8 goals have been conceded by Akademija Pandev in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Akademija Pandev - Vardar 0-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Vardar won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Akademija Pandev has 0 wins.Top Goalscorers
 L. Doriev 12 goals |   D. Micevski 5 goals |  M. Krstovski 5 goals |
Vardar missing players
Akademija Pandev missing players
| Vardar | Akademija Pandev | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | Played | 11 | 25 |
| 29 | 16 | Scored | 11 | 30 |
| 16 | 6 | Conceded | 11 | 19 |
| 85% | 92% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 92% |
| 46% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 45% | 56% |
| 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 27% | 36% |
| 15% | 8% | Over 3.5 | 9% | 4% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 9% | 4% |
| 23% | 25% | Both teams to score | 27% | 24% |
| 58% | 58% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 44% |
| 35% | 25% | Failed To Score | 45% | 40% |
- Akademija Pandev hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vardar is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Skendija 79 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Vardar | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Akademija Pandev | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Pobeda | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 6 | Renova | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Sileks | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 8 | Belasica | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | Shkupi | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
