National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Akademija Pandev or Sileks that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Akademija and Sileks.
Akademija Pandev form and stats
Akademija Pandev was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Macedonian Cup.Akademija Pandev have collected 25 points from their First League home games so far after 8-1-7. This match is a Macedonian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
The Akademija supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Borec in First League and win 3-1.
In the game before, an away victory in the First League match versus Belasica with a 2-0 scoreline.Akademija are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. From these home matches, Akademija Pandev have conceded only 14 goals.
Sileks form and stats
They also participated in Macedonian Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Shkupi drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W5-D3-L9 on the road this term. That's in the First League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Macedonian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Sileks might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Struga proved too strong as Sileks slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Sileks.
A 1-3 defeat away at Rabotnicki before that.The visiting Sileks have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 25 goals from 17 games. Sileks have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Akademija, zero draws and five wins for Sileks. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Gorgiev 12 goals |  I. Ivanovski 8 goals |  M. Krstovski 7 goals |
Akademija Pandev missing players
Sileks missing players
| Akademija Pandev | Sileks | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 31 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 46% | ||
| 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 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 69 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 43 | 75 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 59 |
| 3 | Struga | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 4 | Makedonija | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 55 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 33 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 45 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Pelister | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 45 |
| 7 | Akademija Pandev | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 22 | -4 | 41 |
| 8 | Borec | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 25 | -4 | 40 |
| 9 | Sileks | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 49 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 36 |
| 10 | Renova | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Vardar | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | -28 | 31 |
| 12 | Belasica | 33 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 31 | -45 | 17 |