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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

It's the first game of the new season for Vardar and Makedonija. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Vardar form and stats

Vardar have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 0 victories, 1 draws and 4 losses. In these games, Vardar have scored 3 goals and conceded 12 times.

Last season, Vardar's league statistics were 17 wins, 13 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the First League. Over these 36 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Vardar managed 10-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 9 conceded.

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Makedonija form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Makedonija as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Makedonija have played four with the results W0-D1-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Makedonija has scored 2 goals and conceded 10 times.

Let's have a look at how Makedonija performed last season in the First League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 18/34 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Makedonija - Vardar 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Vardar won four, Makedonija won three and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MakedonijaD. Tanturovski
D. Tanturovski
9 goals
VardarD. Micevski
D. Micevski
8 goals

Vardar missing players

Makedonija missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vardar Makedonija
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
10 6 2 Won W 2 4 6
6 2 0 Drew D 1 3 8
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
28 16 3 Scored S 7 14 21
11 5 0 Conceded C 4 13 18
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
78% 89% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 67%
39% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 22%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 11%
33% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 44%
61% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 33%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 39%
 
3.8 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.3 3.4
2.6 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 11 8 6.4
1.9 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
138 90 24 Total Shots T S 6 57 97
48 32 5 Shots on Target S O 1 30 39
46% 38% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 27% 28%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Makedonija have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Makedonija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Makedonija have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Makedonija haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vardar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Vardar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 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 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

Table
  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

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