Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Struga 3rd with 62 points, Shkupi 12th with 1, 61 apart. On recent form Struga sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Shkupi 0.45 scored and 3.94 conceded per game, Struga 2.06 and 0.85, with the league averaging 1.55.
Shkupi had been beaten in 15 straight games. Shkupi had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Struga, 10.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 5 for Shkupi, 2 for Struga and 2 drawn, at 3.11 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 78% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%.
Stadion Cair, capacity 9,500, hosted the game. Struga led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Struga: Hristijan Maleski (27'), Florian Rochi (53'), Hristijan Maleski (55')
Key stats
Possession: Shkupi 24% · Struga 76% · Total shots: 0-14 · On target: 0-6 · Corners: 0-9