Recap

LPFM – 34th week, 13.05 (Sunday), time 16.30, Arena: “Philip II” – Skopje

Formerly the Macedonian derby, but now with a Pelister not good enough, both teams will face for the 51st time, while in the 50 past duels, they have completely dominated the scouts, with 31 victories, in the face of only seven triumphs Pelister. 12 matches were closed without a winner. In these meetings, Vardari scored 73, while Pelister 39 goals.

The duels of this season between the two teams have donated very few goals, only two and all were scored by Vardar. Vardar, have won 1-0 in Skopje, while in the last game in this city, there were no goals.

The main reference of the match will be Marjan Eckoski from Ohrid.

Vardar’s five most recent matches:

Renova – Vardar 1:1

Vardar – Skopje 0:1

Sileks – Vardar 0:2

Vardar – Rabotnicki 0:1

Pobeda – Vardar 2:0

The last five games of Pelister:

Skopje – Pelister 4:0

Pelister – Sileks 2:1

Rabotnicki – Pelister 4:0

Pelister – Pobeda 1:1

Key players at Vardari: Filip Gachevski (goalkeeper), Boban Grncarov (defender), Nikola Gligorov (midfielder), Tigran Barseghyan (striker)

Key players at Pelister: Goce Todorovski (defender), Riste Markoski (midfielder), Blagoja Naumoski (midfielder), Borce Manevski (striker)

VARDAR

With the title missing out of Shkendija a few weeks ago, Vardar continues to be in deep crisis of the results. Finally, the team was very close to winning against Renova in Tetovo, had 1-0 advantage with Barseghyan’s Armenian goal, but in the end failed to save the lead and scored a goal, winning only one point.

Vardar is without a win at the last two meetings, where he first lost from Skopje at home and then equaled Renova.

Vardar is in a catastrophic series that may not even be remembered, with three losses in the last three host meetings as hosts. From these games, full spell returned Shkëndija, Rabotnicki and Skopje. Against the latter two, he did not even score any goals.

The last time Vardar did not lose home was the match 1-1 with Shkupi, when the goal was scored in the 93rd minute.

The last home victory, Vardari has against Renova, almost two months ago, on March 17th.

Vardar is with a single win in the last nine meetings, where there are four draws and losses.

The year 2018 is a catastrophe for Vardar, with only three wins at 17 official meetings. In these games, the red and black team has experienced seven losses and has recorded eight draws. Meanwhile, he has been eliminated from the cup and this season, after three years will close without any trophies.

In the last five games of Vardar, there have never been more than two goals from both teams.

Darko Velkoski and Filip Stojcevski continue to be suspended by the presidency and will not play in this meeting and until the end of the season for Vardar. In summer, Velkoski will be a free player and he is expected to continue his career in any team outside of Macedonia’s borders.

Jovan Popzlatanov, Dejan Blazevski and Evgeni Novak, in the event of a punishment tomorrow, will not be able to play next week.

PELISTER

Pelister is in a very delicate situation and in this duel comes after the deep defeat experienced in midweek from Skopje with 5-2. The meeting in question was the one canceled from the 26th lap and the same, where five goals were scored, the goals of honor marked by Ljamcevski and Markoski.

At a time when there are only three games to play, Pelister is in the last three seasons, with 31 points, one less than Pobeda and Skopje. The team from Bitola is struggling with all the strength to reach the eighth place, which enables a first-leg resident match with a second league team.

Pelister does not want to repeat the past and return to Macedonia’s second league, where he climbed into the elite society in just two seasons.

Pelister is in a catastrophic series of 14 consecutive meetings as a guest where he has failed to win. The last trip to the trip is from August 26 last year, when he won Sileks 4-1 at Kratovo.

In 16 matches as guest this year, Pelister has only two wins, four draws and nine complete losses.

Pelister has secured the weakest defense in Macedonia this season, with 60 goals scored in 33 games.

Pelister does not have a player injured or suspended before this meeting, and in case of punishment tomorrow, Ilce Petroski and Goce Todorovski will not be able to play over the weekend.

Pelister does not know about victory against Vardar since 13 April 2014, when he had triumphed in Skopje with 1-0. Since then, both teams have played 15 games in which the Manastir team has only scored five draws and has lost 10 matches.

Pelister did not equalize in any of the last six matches, where there are only two wins and four defeats.

Stadium: Arena “Filipi i Dytë”

This stadium will be once again host to Vardar, whose team is not getting lucky lately. The field of the most modern stadium in Macedonia is still not at the level it needs but still provides good football conditions.

Before the game analysis:

The big derby will be tomorrow between two teams now with completely different aspirations. Vardar, now we can say that there is no aspiration, since the title has lost, while the Europa League has secured second place. For that, Pelister is needed every possible point in these last three games, for the sole purpose, to secure that challenge for survival in the first league. However, given the poor shape of the guests, who have suffered 27 goals in the last eight games, Pelister will have a very difficult task

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