National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bregalnica Stip or Belasica that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bregalnica nor Belasica as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bregalnica Stip form and stats
Bregalnica was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Macedonian Cup.Bregalnica Stip haven’t lost a league-game in 19 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Tikves, 397 days ago.
A good away victory last time out for Bregalnica, who won 2-1 against Pobeda. Before that, Bregalnica had a Second League home game versus FK Sloga Vinica 1934 which ended with a victory 6-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bregalnica as they have a new game in only three days, a Second League match thankfully also at home. Rosoman are visiting.
Belasica form and stats
They also participated in Macedonian Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Belasica have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the First League. Bitter travels for Belasica as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Osogovo match.
Belasica play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Struga. A draw for Belasica before that, at their own venue hosting Renova (1-1).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Borec in just four days.
Goals are few and far between in Belasica's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Belasica are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bregalnica Stip three wins, six draws and Belasica one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Milushev 1 goals | R. da Silva 1 goals | A. Kalanoski 1 goals |
Bregalnica Stip missing players
Belasica missing players
| Bregalnica Stip | Belasica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 27 | 39 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 100 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 73 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 26 | ||
| 51% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 15% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Makedonija | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Borec | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Sileks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Struga | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Rabotnicki | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Pelister | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Vardar | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Renova | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Akademija Pandev | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Belasica | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -21 | 1 |