With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Vardar fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Pelister.
- Vardar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pelister have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Pelister are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Vardar form and stats
3-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Vardar so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Vardar enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Belasica's place. The match ended 3-0 with M. Mirchevski and M. Cvetanoski scoring. Before that, Vardar drew at home versus Makedonija.
Vardar has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vardar defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Pelister form and stats
Pelister have only collected 8 points from their away games in the First League, after 2-2-5 (9 played).
Pelister have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Davor Taleski. It's been 185 minutes since they last conceded in First League.
Two travels in a row for Pelister, whose manager D. Kapinkovski could celebrate last time after the First League win against Skendija 79. Prior to that result Pelister won their away game at Skendija 79. The scoreline was 1-0.
B. Manevski came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Skendija 79 last time out, making the manager D. Kapinkovski feel like a tactical genius.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pelister as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Pelister have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Vardar and Pelister have met before this season: Pelister - Vardar 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vardar four wins, four draws and Pelister two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Petkovski 3 goals | M. Mirchevski 3 goals |  L. Fazliju 2 goals |
Vardar missing players
Pelister missing players
| Vardar | Pelister | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 24 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 39% |
| 33% | 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 11% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 44% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 44% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 31% | 26% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | 30% |
- Pelister have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vardar have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skendija 79 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Makedonija | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Struga | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Vardar | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Borec | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Rabotnicki | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Sileks | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Renova | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Pelister | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 11 | Akademija Pandev | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 12 | Belasica | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -29 | 9 |