Vardar will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Struga.
- Vardar have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in First League
- Struga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in First League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vardar can neither be promoted or relegated from First League. Struga are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Vardar form and stats
3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Vardar so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though Vardar have been steadily collecting points here at Toše Proeski Arena through three straight draws.
No payout for Vardar in their previous match, an away game at Renova that ended in defeat 0-3. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Skendija 79 (1-2).
Vardar are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Struga form and stats
Struga have only collected 10 points from their away games in the First League, after 2-4-4 (10 played). Struga has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a First League home defeat versus Pelister with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Belasica with the score of 2-1.
Late heartbreak for Struga in the Pelister match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Struga as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Struga have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Struga - Vardar 2-2, played this season. Vardar-Struga H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Vardar two wins, Struga one win, one draw. three of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Lena 6 goals |  M. Mirchevski 5 goals | F. Petkovski 4 goals |
Vardar missing players
Struga missing players
| Vardar | Struga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 31 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 76% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 71% |
| 52% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 33% | 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 10% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 52% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 48% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 24% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 11.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 33% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 21% | 34% |
- Struga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Struga have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in First League
- Vardar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vardar have the most dropped points from leading position (15) 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 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| 3 | Makedonija | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | Struga | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Borec | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | Vardar | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 8 | Pelister | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Sileks | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Renova | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Akademija Pandev | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Belasica | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -29 | 12 |