National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Struga or Rabotnicki that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Struga and Rabotnicki.
Struga form and stats
Last season, Struga's Macedonian Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Overall First League stats at home this season for Struga are 4-0-0 (wins-draw-losses). Ever since the Shkupi game Struga has been unbeatable here at Gradska Plaža Stadium producing four straight wins.
Struga's previous game was a First League match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Belasica. The home side are looking to build on that result. A First League defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Makedonija.
There will be little rest for Struga after this match as they are travelling to Pelister for a First League game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Struga are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Struga have only let in 0 goals at home.
Rabotnicki form and stats
They also participated in Macedonian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Skendija 79 drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the First League.
Rabotnicki lost away at Sileks (3-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Akademija Pandev in the First League.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Rabotnicki, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Late heartbreak for Rabotnicki in the Sileks match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rabotnicki manager R. Dostanic as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Skendija 79.
Rabotnicki have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rabotnicki have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Struga-Rabotnicki H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Struga two wins, Rabotnicki one win, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Lena 4 goals | F. Milenkovski 2 goals |  F. Đurđević 2 goals |
Struga missing players
Rabotnicki missing players
| Struga | Rabotnicki | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 243 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 70 | 211 | ||
| 97 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 91 | ||
| 21% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skendija 79 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | Shkupi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Makedonija | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Borec | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Sileks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Struga | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Rabotnicki | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Pelister | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Vardar | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Renova | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 11 | Akademija Pandev | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | Belasica | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -21 | 1 |