National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pehchevo or Skendija 79 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Pehchevo nor Skendija 79 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.
Pehchevo form and stats
Last season their Macedonian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Happy days for Pehchevo in their previous game, a Second League match away at Bratstvo Zitose that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Pehchevo "killed" Bratstvo Zitose in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Prior to that, an away loss at Belasica in the Second League.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Pehchevo, as the Second League home game vs FK Kozuv Gevgelija is only three days away.
Skendija 79 form and stats
Skendija was sent out of Macedonian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their First League travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Borec game have they lost an away game, meaning Skendija has taken points from 20 away matches in a row.
It's the second away game in a row for Skendija, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Skopje in the First League last time out.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Shkupi in the First League.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The First League trip to Struga.
Skendija has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Skendija in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - zero - two (Pehchevo wins - draws - Skendija 79 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Doriev 4 goals | J. Krivák 1 goals | F. Ramadani 1 goals |
Pehchevo missing players
Skendija 79 missing players
| Pehchevo | Skendija 79 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 31 | 48 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 1.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shkupi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 2 | Akademija Pandev | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Renova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Rabotnicki | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Struga | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Skendija 79 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Bregalnica Stip | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Makedonija | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Borec | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Skopje | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
| 11 | Pelister | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| 12 | Tikves | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 2 |