Preview

Macedonia’s First Football League – Fourth Week, 01.09 (Saturday), time 16.15, Stadium: “Mladost” – Strumica

Belasica – Vardar has been one of the biggest derby in Macedonia, until the moment when the team from Strumica lost the status of the first team of the year 2006. In the last nine duels between the two teams, from 2003 to 2006, Vardar has recorded six wins, Belasica three, while no duel is closed without draw.

In these last nine duels, Vardari has scored 20 goals, while Belasica 11. In the last nine duels between the two teams are scored 31 goals, or 3.44 for the match.
The main reference of this duel will be Marjan Markoski from Ohrid.

Belasica’s five most recent matches:
Shkëndija – Belasica 4:1
Vëllazërimi – Akademia Pandev 0:4
Belasica – Akademia Pandev 0:2
Pobeda – Belasica 1:0
Makedonia Gj.P. – Belasica 1:2

The last five matches of Vardar .:
Vardar – Makedonija Gj.P. 1:0
Vardari Forino – Vardar 0:4
Renova – Vardar 0:1
Shkëndija – Vardar 2:2
Vardar – Pyunik 0:2

Key players of Belasica
Nikola Vujanac (goalkeeper), Dragan Stojkov (defender), Nikola Bozinov (striker), Zoran Baldovaliev (striker)

Key players of Vardar
Filip Gacevski (goalkeeper), Evgen Novak (defender), Viktor Juffo (midfielder), Tigran Barseghyan (striker)

BELASICA

The Belasica team remains the only team after the first three laps in the first league Macedonia, without any gains. The team returned to the first league after full 12 years, so far lost to Pobeda of Shkendija as a guest, as well as from Pandev Academy at home, in the first derby of Strumica. Belasica so far divides the last place in terms of the weakest attack, with one single goal, while with seven goals scored, the team from Strumica possesses the weakest defense in the first league of Macedonia.

With 21 players exploited after the first three laps, Belasica’s squad is there
played with the most players so far. Six of these 21 players have played in all the maximum 270 minutes so far.
Five of the seven goals so far this year, Belasica has long accepted the second part of the matches.

Irfan Vuslanin is Belasica’s only player who has found the network the opponent in this season, although he only played 90 of the 270 minutes possible so far.

If the last two last season’s matches are counted in the second league, Belasica is in a series of five consecutive non-campaign meetings victory. Lastly, he won against Kozhuf on May 05, when he triumphed with 6-0 and had secured the return to the first league after full 12 years. After the bad start of the championship, Belasica has been reinforced with two players during the mid-week. It is about the quarterback Vlatko Drobarov, who comes from ranks of Cypriot team Ael Limasol as well as Nemanja Petrov wing midfielder came from Radnicki Pirot of Serbia.

Both have great experience and are expected to be great reinforcements for the team from Strumica. The Strumica squad has strengthened its ranks during the day Friday, too surprisingly, by transferring the midfielder Skopje, Croat Stefan Vujcic. The 32 year old has signed a one year contract with Belasica, while part of Skopje was from January. He is quite a connoisseur well of the Macedonian championship, given the fact that several years in a row was part of Rabotniki and Shkëndija.

Belasica’s Serbian coach, Marjan Zivkovic, before the turn was the coach
the only foreigner in the first league, at this meeting will be able to count on everyone
his players.

VARDAR

The Vardar team, after the catastrophic closing of last season, has this edition
kicked off splendidly, winning seven points after the first three laps, where he played two matches as a guest against Shkendija and Renova in Tetovo. two the previous wins have been recorded with a minimum score of 1-0, against
Renova as guest and Makedonija Gj.P. in home.

Tigran Barseghyan is the man of the moment at Vardar after the Armenian representative so far has scored in every league match and a total of three goals. Two goals in matches against Renova and Makedonija Gj.P. brought six points to Vardar. After three first rounds, Vardar is positioned in second place, with seven points accumulated, two less than the leader, the Pandev Academy, which has a tremendous effect
and nine points accumulated.

If counting the match against Vardar in Cup, Vardar is in a series of 288 minutes without a goal. Finally, goalkeeper Gachevski was crossed the first lap, in the closed derby 2-2 with Shkendija.
Five of the total six goals scored in the Vardar championship matches this year (four from Vardar, two of the opponents), were scored in the second half of meetings.

Vardar is the most undisciplined team in the first league after three laps
so far. The Spaniard team has been punished with 13 yellow cards in three meetings, or averaging 4.3 yellow cards per match. Vardar is one of the only three unbeaten teams to date season. Besides the Rossoneri, without loss until now is also the Pandev Academy and Shkendija. Five Vardar players have so far played all the maximum 270 minutes, four of them defenders as well as striker Tigran Barseghyan, who is the most player well now the Rossoneri from Skopje.
Coach Aleksandar Vasoski, who is for the first time in charge of a squad, will can count on all his players in this duel.

Stadium: “Mladost” – Strumica

Stadium “Mlladost” in Strumica, is one of the best stadiums in Macedonia, among the most modern and among the only ones that meets the criteria of UEFA. The the same is ranked among UEFA fourth category stadiums and besides this, with this category in Macedonia there is only one stadium.

Before the game analysis:

Until 15 years ago, when Belasica and Vardar encountered, Macedonia was developing one of the biggest derby. This derby is back to take place for the first time full 12 years and is expected to bring a large number of viewers to the forums, but even emotions for both teams. Vardar is the absolute favorite in this match, so more after the good start of the Rossoneri, but also the very disappointing start Belasica, which is the only team without any points so far. Locals want nothing else to draw a draw from this duel, while guests with
big aspirations this season, want to continue the positive performance in this start of the season.

Possible Formations: