Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gostivar & Renova face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Macedonian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Gostivar nor Renova 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.
Gostivar form and stats
Last season their Macedonian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Game days at Stadiumi i qytetit have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Gostivar as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The Gostivar fans got no joy from their last match, a Second League game also here at Stadiumi i qytetit: A 0-2 defeat against Besa Dobërdoll.
Before that, Gostivar played out a Second League draw 2-2 when visiting Veleshta.Gostivar are traveling soon after this match as the Second League match at Kadino awaits in three days.
Renova form and stats
Last season their Macedonian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Renova have six points from their first three away games in the First League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Renova play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Tikves.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Rabotnicki in the First League.A quick return to home after this game, as Renova are hosting Struga in the First League only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Renova's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Renova have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Gostivar one win, one draw and Renova one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Selmani 5 goals | F. Jusufi 2 goals | E. Ramadani 1 goals |
Gostivar missing players
Renova missing players
| Gostivar | Renova | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 12 | 41 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 39% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Struga | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Renova | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Rabotnicki | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Shkupi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Makedonija | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Bregalnica Stip | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Borec | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Skendija 79 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Skopje | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 5 |
| 11 | Tikves | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 2 |
| 12 | Pelister | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 1 |