Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Pelister & Vardar 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.
Pelister form and stats
Pelister was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Macedonian Cup.Pelister's struggle is real here at Stadion pod Tumbe Kafe with only 3 points collected from 7 First League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-4. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 14 attempts.
Pelister faced defeat in their previous match, away at Shkupi (0-5). As you see from the result above, Pelister suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Before that game, the home loss against Struga with the scoreline 0-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the First League game versus Skopje in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion pod Tumbe Kafe.
Pelister has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 7 games. On the other hand, Pelister have conceded 10 goals.
Vardar form and stats
Vardar was sent out of Macedonian Cup in the 8th finals last season.Momentum is building for Vardar in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Vardar failed to get anything from their last game, a Second League home match vs Sileks that ended with defeat 1-2.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Korab Debar in the Second League.Vardar have another fixture away from home in just three days, a Second League match vs Voska Sport. A rough fixture list for the visiting team!
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Pelister won three, Vardar were winners in four and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Juffo 2 goals | P. Amponsah 1 goals | G. Antonio 1 goals |
Pelister missing players
Vardar missing players
| Pelister | Vardar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 36% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6.8 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 30% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | ||
| 11 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 32 |
| 2 | Akademija Pandev | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Renova | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Skendija 79 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Struga | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Bregalnica Stip | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Makedonija | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Rabotnicki | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Skopje | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Tikves | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Borec | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -16 | 8 |
| 12 | Pelister | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -19 | 4 |