Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shkupi & Tikves 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 Shkupi nor Tikves 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.
Shkupi form and stats
Shkupi was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Macedonian Cup.Shkupi have collected 12 points from their First League home games so far after 4-0-0. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Shkupi has won their last four matches.
Shkupi are confident in defense, having played 220 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Shkupi are returning here after visiting Tikves in a First League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a First League home match hosting Rabotnicki in a game that was won 2-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Renova are coming to town in four days.
Shkupi are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Čair in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Shkupi have only let in 1 goal at home.
Tikves form and stats
They also participated in Macedonian Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the First League.
Tikves are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the First League.
Tikves's previous game was their home loss versus Shkupi (0-1).
Ahead of that match was the First League away draw versus Pelister that ended 0-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The First League trip to Skopje.
Tikves are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. Tikves struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Adetunji 5 goals | F. Álvarez Rodriguez 3 goals | K. Trapanovski 2 goals |
Shkupi missing players
Tikves missing players
| Shkupi | Tikves | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Renova | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Akademija Pandev | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Bregalnica Stip | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Rabotnicki | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Skendija 79 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Struga | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Skopje | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Makedonija | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | -11 | 10 |
| 10 | Borec | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 11 | Tikves | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | Pelister | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 4 |