Vardar vs Makedonija: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Toše Proeski Arena (35000 seats)

The visiting Makedonija side should be favourites in this visit to Vardar, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 32 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Vardar have the fewest points from losing position (3) in First League
  • Makedonija have the most matches over the total-line (18) in First League

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Vardar form and stats

4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Vardar so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Vardar to get some points in this home game.

The Vardar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vardar defense is not exactly impregnable. 29 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Makedonija form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their First League travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. Visiting Makedonija has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Skendija 79 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Late heartbreak for Makedonija in the Skendija 79 match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime.

Makedonija has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. Makedonija have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vardar - Makedonija 2-2. Vardar-Makedonija H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Vardar four wins, Makedonija three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VardarM. Mirchevski
M. Mirchevski
7 goals
MakedonijaB. Bozhinovski
B. Bozhinovski
7 goals

Vardar missing players

Makedonija missing players

Vardar Makedonija
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 5 15 32
7 4 1 Won W 5 6 15
10 6 1 Drew D 0 5 7
15 5 2 Lost L 0 4 10
32 19 4 Scored S 13 24 51
58 29 12 Conceded C 3 21 43
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 88%
78% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 81%
47% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 73% 72%
31% 53% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 34%
12% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 12%
47% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 62%
22% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 27% 28%
34% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.6 3.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.8 10.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.6 10.3
3.3 4.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.8 4.1
30% 29% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 45% 39%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Makedonija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Makedonija have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in First League
  • Makedonija have the most matches over the total-line (18) in First League
  • Vardar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vardar have the fewest points from losing position (3) in First League

  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 32 22 8 2 68 25 16 9 5 2 24 11 16 13 3 0 44 14 43 74
2 Shkupi 32 16 10 6 40 23 17 8 5 4 24 15 15 8 5 2 16 8 17 58
3 Struga 32 14 12 6 38 24 17 9 7 1 24 9 15 5 5 5 14 15 14 54
4 Makedonija 32 15 7 10 51 43 17 9 2 6 27 22 15 6 5 4 24 21 8 52
5 Rabotnicki 32 11 14 7 44 38 17 7 7 3 27 22 15 4 7 4 17 16 6 47
6 Pelister 32 11 9 12 32 38 15 8 4 3 20 14 17 3 5 9 12 24 -6 42
7 Borec 32 11 7 14 31 33 17 9 3 5 19 11 15 2 4 9 12 22 -2 40
8 Akademija Pandev 32 11 5 16 29 35 15 7 1 7 15 13 17 4 4 9 14 22 -6 38
9 Sileks 32 10 6 16 49 44 15 5 3 7 24 23 17 5 3 9 25 21 5 36
10 Renova 32 8 11 13 35 45 15 5 4 6 16 18 17 3 7 7 19 27 -10 35
11 Vardar 32 7 10 15 32 58 15 4 6 5 19 29 17 3 4 10 13 29 -26 31
12 Belasica 32 4 5 23 23 66 16 0 5 11 9 37 16 4 0 12 14 29 -43 17