Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Akademija Pandev & Shkupi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Macedonian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Akademija Pandev form and stats
Last season their Macedonian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Overall First League stats at home this season for Akademija Pandev are 3-0-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Akademija's previous game was a First League match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Pelister. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Belasica with the scoreline 1-2.
Akademija are traveling soon after this match as the First League match at Vardar awaits in four days.
Akademija Pandev are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Shkupi form and stats
Shkupi was sent out of Macedonian Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Akademija Pandev turned out to be too strong.2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Shkupi playing as the away team in the First League this season. Visiting Shkupi has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Skendija 79 in their previous outing. The First League match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Rabotnicki.
Shkupi find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Shkupi have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Akademija two wins, two draws and Shkupi six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Darboe 10 goals | I. Ademi 3 goals | B. das Graças Lima da Silva Neto 2 goals |
Akademija Pandev missing players
Shkupi missing players
| Akademija Pandev | Shkupi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 15 | 41 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 191 | 109 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 241 | ||
| 66 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 108 | ||
| 20% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 26 |
| 2 | Makedonija | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Shkupi | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Struga | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Borec | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Vardar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | Sileks | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Rabotnicki | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Pelister | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Akademija Pandev | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 11 | Renova | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Belasica | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -19 | 8 |