Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bregalnica Stip 1st with 71 points, FK Vardar Negotino 12th with 22, 49 apart. Per game in the league, Bregalnica Stip were scoring 2.4 and conceding 0.57, FK Vardar Negotino 1.23 and 3.17, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
FK Vardar Negotino had gone 8 games without a win.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Bregalnica Stip, 0 draws and 1 for FK Vardar Negotino, at 2.25 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
The match was played at Gradski Stadion (capacity 4,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Bregalnica Stip led 3-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 7-1.