Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Struga & Borec 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.
Struga form and stats
Struga participated in Macedonian Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Struga have played 5 First League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Struga tasted defeat here at Gradska Plaža Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Struga drew their last game, also a home match. Borec was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A First League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Bregalnica Stip.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Struga as they are travelling to their away game against Makedonija in the First League. That match is four days after this one.
Struga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gradska Plaža Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Struga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gradska Plaža Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Borec form and stats
They also participated in Macedonian Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.Borec have only collected 1 point from their away games in the First League, after 0-1-5 (6 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Borec have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 18 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Sileks game.
Borec has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Struga for a First League game that ended a draw (1-1).
The game before that, in the First League, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Skopje.After this away game Borec return home for a First League game against Akademija Pandev. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Borec's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. The Borec manager B. Hristov has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - three - two (Struga wins - draws - Borec wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Skenderi 4 goals |  L. Trajkoski 4 goals | N. Bosančić 3 goals |
Struga missing players
Borec missing players
| Struga | Borec | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 28 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | ||
| 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 |