Sileks vs Tikves Prediction: The pressure is on Sileks

Sileks will welcome Tikves in a 25th round match in the First Macedonian League, which was once considered one of the biggest derbies in the east of North Macedonia. Now, both teams have different ambitions and goals, and even though it may sound strange, but Sileks are one of the most serious title contenders after 24 rounds played, while Tikves are struggling to move far from the relegation zone.

Sileks

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Sileks took advantage of the blunder of the leader Shkendija in the last round and came close to the team from Tetovo, and the gap between them is only 2 points. Sileks won over Brera Strumica by 0-2, with goals scored in the second half at the "Blagoj Istatov" stadium. The team from Kratovo got the three points in the second half and thus threw the team from Strumica into the danger zone. It was the third win for Sileks in their last five matches in the league. Even though everyone is expecting this team to lose the pace and fall down the table, since the second part of the season began, they have grown into the biggest favorite for winning the title after Shkendija, even though they weren’t considered among the five favorites for winning the league at the start.

Tikves

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Tikves won a very important victory in the battle for survival and celebrated with a final 2-1 over Gostivar in the match of the 24th round in the First Macedonian League. The team from Kavadarci, at least for a while, escaped the danger zone, although they have the same number of points with Brera Strumica and Besa 1976, but this triumph will certainly be a great motivation for the next challenges. Gostivar showed dissatisfaction with the refereeing, Tikves retaliated, and new correspondence followed about how Tikvesh were looking for a way to beat their rival off the field, even mentioning food poisoning. Tikves announced that it would legally defend itself against these attacks, and it was one of the matches that caused scandal as never before in the league.

Expert Betting Tips

Interestingly, the last three matches between these teams ended in a draw, while in the last five matches, each team have a win. We don’t usually see too many goals in their matches. The last time they scored over 2.5 goals was in 2022, and then they played eight matches under 2.5 goals. However, I think that in this match, we might see more goals, and I expect Sileks to dominate the match and score at least two goals, take the three points, and keep the pressure on Shkendija in the title race.

Our prediction for the match is a home win for the odds of 1.8 at 1xbet.

Our second prediction is over 2.5 goals for odds of 2.3 at Betway.

Our third prediction is HT-FT W1 for odds of 2.75 at Bet365.