Toše Proeski Arena: Vardar vs Sileks First League preview

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Toše Proeski Arena (35000 seats)

It's still early in the First League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Vardar - Sileks preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Vardar form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first First League game of the season here at Toše Proeski Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses from Vardar's 0 home games.

Happy days for Vardar in their previous game, a First League match away at Akademija Pandev (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Sensational by Vardar last match, beating Akademija Pandev away as big underdogs. Ahead of that match, Vardar lost 0-1 at home to Borec.

Vardar made it very difficult for themselves, when J. Popzlatanov got a red card in the 90th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Vardar won the match 1-0! Manager A. Vasoski felt very clever after D. Blazhevski scored the winning goal against Akademija Pandev, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 73rd minute.

Early season league goal statistics from Vardar's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

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Sileks form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the First League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 0 matches.

Sileks are travelling again after losing away to Qarabag in their previous match (0-4). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Pelister in the First League.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Qarabag was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

6 goals so far away for Sileks, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Vardar wins - draws - Sileks wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SileksD. Ristov
D. Ristov
2 goals
SileksI. Ivanovski
I. Ivanovski
2 goals
SileksS. Đurić
S. Đurić
2 goals

Vardar missing players

Sileks missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vardar Sileks
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 6 8
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
4.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 9 0 Total Shots T S 0 17 24
3 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 9 14
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 57%
Vardar Last season Sileks
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   12 23
13 8   Won W   2 10
7 3   Drew D   4 6
3 1   Lost L   6 7
33 20   Scored S   5 24
14 6   Conceded C   14 21
87% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 87%
70% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 48%
35% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 35%
13% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 13%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
30% 25%   BTTS BTTS   25% 26%
61% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 52%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   58% 35%
 
3.9 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3 2.8
3.1 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.7
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.9
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
182 119   Total Shots T S   61 136
63 43   Shots on Target S O   19 52
43% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 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 Sileks 2 1 1 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 4
2 Shkupi 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
3 Skendija 79 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Pelister 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 Borec 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Rabotnicki 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
7 Vardar 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 Makedonija 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
9 Renova 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Struga 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
11 Akademija Pandev 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
12 Belasica 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 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 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

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 Sileks 2 1 1 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 4
2 Shkupi 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
3 Skendija 79 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Pelister 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
5 Borec 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Rabotnicki 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
7 Vardar 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 Makedonija 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
9 Renova 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
10 Struga 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
11 Akademija Pandev 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
12 Belasica 2 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 -8 0

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