First League match preview and statistics: Vardar fight Struga

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Competition: Macedonia FYR First League
Competition: Wed 11.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Toše Proeski Arena (35000 seats)

Vardar and Struga supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new First League season. Game on!

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.

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Vardar form and stats

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 237 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Avramovski was the last player to find the net.

The manager A. Vasoski will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shkupi in only four days.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Vardar, who have participated in five training matches. Vardar have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 4 games.

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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Struga form and stats

After this away game Struga return home for a First League game against Akademija Pandev. That game is only four sleeps after this.

It's a day of discovery for Struga 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 Struga have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Struga has scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.

Last season was a triumph for Struga in the national league as they took home the First League trophy. The championship was secured after 15 wins, 9 draws and only 3 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 7, drew 5 and lost 1.

Head 2 Head

Vardar and Struga have met before this season: Struga - Vardar 2-1. Vardar-Struga H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Vardar one win, Struga one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Vardar missing players

Struga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vardar Struga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 10 22
12 7 1 Won W 0 1 6
7 3 1 Drew D 0 3 7
3 1 0 Lost L 2 6 9
32 19 5 Scored S 0 7 19
14 6 2 Conceded C 3 16 27
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
73% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 73%
36% 36% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 41%
14% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
32% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 55%
59% 64% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 18%
23% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 41%
 
3.9 3.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 4.6
3.1 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.8 3.7
2.1 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
173 110 27 Total Shots T S 0 31 110
61 41 12 Shots on Target S O 0 14 45
43% 37% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 21% 24%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Struga have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vardar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Vardar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Struga have scored 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 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
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 Struga 27 15 9 3 42 17 14 8 4 2 26 8 13 7 5 1 16 9 25 54
2 Labunishta 27 11 10 6 23 27 14 7 4 3 14 10 13 4 6 3 9 17 -4 43
3 Pelister 27 11 8 8 27 20 14 10 1 3 21 11 13 1 7 5 6 9 7 41
4 Velazerimi 77 27 11 6 10 34 32 13 6 4 3 15 10 14 5 2 7 19 22 2 39
5 Gostivar 27 10 8 9 40 34 14 4 6 4 20 18 13 6 2 5 20 16 6 38
6 Skopje 27 10 7 10 32 24 14 9 3 2 27 10 13 1 4 8 5 14 8 37
7 Korab Debar 27 10 6 11 32 30 13 7 3 3 17 11 14 3 3 8 15 19 2 36
8 Teteks 27 9 5 13 28 34 13 6 2 5 15 15 14 3 3 8 13 19 -6 32
9 Gench Kalemler 27 6 8 13 25 35 13 4 5 4 14 14 14 2 3 9 11 21 -10 26
10 Goblen Junior Kumanovo 27 4 9 14 15 45 13 1 6 6 5 17 14 3 3 8 10 28 -30 21

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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