Shkendija vs Vardar Prediction: Shkendija are huge favorite

Tomorrow, the big derby in MFL will be played under mountain Sar Planina in Tetovo as Shkendija and Vardar will meet. Two clubs that from 2014 to 2021 were ruling Macedonian football, only they won the titles in the PMFL and since then there has been a great rivalry between them, regardless of who is where at the table and in what form. Shkendija need points to remain close to the top, while Vardar are struggling to get out of the dangerous zone.

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Enur Totre and Bruno Dita, who were absent in the previous round due to suspensions, return to the "reds" camp for this match. The captain was absent with Gostivar due to five yellow cards, while Dita will play the first spring game after the red card in the meeting with Sileks at the end of the autumn part of the championship. The return of the two midfielders comes at the right time, as Reshat Ramadani is ineligible (suspension), he was sent off last week against Gostivar. Shkendija are in 3rd place with 39 points, 3 less than the leader Shkupi.

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Vardar won three very important points in the fight for survival in the last round with which they finally got off the bottom of the MFL table. On an extremely bad pitch, but with a perfect football atmosphere created by their fans, Vardar beat Bregalnica 2-0 with two goals scored in the first half. With this victory, Vardar overtook Makedonia Gjorce Petrov and Bregalnica and climbed to 10th place in the table. Now they will need a miracle to take at least a point against Shkendija in Tetovo where they haven’t won since 2017, when they won in a Cup match.

The fact that Vardar have not won against Shkendija for 6.5 years and that since 14.10.2017 when they celebrated with 4:2 sounds simply amazing. Since that match, these two teams have played 16 meetings, here I also count those from the Cup. In those 16 matches, the team from Tetovo celebrated in 9 and there was no winner in 7, the goal difference is 34:13 for Shkendija. Otherwise, the general tradition says that tomorrow's match will be the 65th between Shkendija and Vardar, and here Tetovci have a better score. They have 26 victories, Vardar celebrated in 23 matches, 15 times it was a draw and the goal difference was 82:80 for Shkendija. The home team is a huge favorite and after the 2:2 at home against Gostivar, they can’t lose any more points, especially at home.