Bojan Miovski continued his fine goalscoring form, Tomche Grozdanovski and Enis Fazlagikj each provided an assist for their teams.
Photo: Miovski jumps in front of Musliu, photo by: mtkbudapest.hu
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Apolonia – Bylis 2:2
Goalie Borjan Panchevski watched from the bench as his club drew 2:2 against Apolonia.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Kukësi – Partizani 0:2
Kukësi’s #10 Agim Ibraimi played the entire match but he failed to help his club outplay Egzon Belica and Besnik Ferati‘s Partizani. For the winning side, Belica also played the full 90 minutes while Ferati remained an unused substitute.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Skënderbeu – Vllaznia 0:2
The entire Macedonian trio consisted of Mevlan Adili, Aleksandar Isaevski and Demir Imeri made the starting lineup for Vllaznia as they celebrated an away victory to Skënderbeu. Defenders Adili and Isaevski lasted the entire match, while Demir Imeri got substituted in the 62nd minute.
Albania, Kategoria Superiore, Tirana – Teuta 0:1
Kristijan Toshevski remained sidelined by the hosts due to his injury, while his teammate Filip Najdovski was once again a starter for the Albanian champions and played the full game. Tirana however suffered a rather unexpected loss to Teuta, for whom Blagoja Todorovski served the entire game as a right back, whereas Bobi Celeski was as usual the reserve goalkeeper.
Armenia, Bardzraguyn Khumb, Noah – Ararat-Armenia 0:0
Aleksandar Damchevski was yet another game not part of Ararat-Armenia’s matchday squad. This was the fourth consecutive game that Damchevski has been sidelined by the Armenian champions.
Azerbaijan, Premyer Liqası, Səbail – Sumqayıt 2:1
Florijan Kadriu played another 90 minutes at the right wing for the hosts as they defeated Sumqayıt by 2:1. Kadriu was quite active throughout the entire game as he delivered several dangerous passes and crosses towards the penalty area.
Belgium, Jupiler Pro League, Mechelen – Charleroi 3:3
Gjoko Zajkov was once again an unused substite for Charleroi. After 12 rounds of the 2020/21 Belgian league, Zajkov is still awaiting his first playing minutes for his club. So far he was an unused substitute in 4 league games and 10 times he did not get summoned (8 times in the Belgian league and twice in the Europa League qualifiers).
Bosnia-Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Borac – Željezničar 4:3
Boban Georgiev did not enter the game for Borac who fought off a narrow 4:3 win against Željezničar.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Tuzla City – Sarajevo 0:0
Krste Velkoski did not get summoned by Sarajevo for this encounter.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, BH Telecom Premijer Liga, Velež – Široki Brijeg 2:1
Viktor Angelov made the start for the visitors and played for 56 minutes. He got taken off right after the hosts’ second goal for a 2:0 lead. Meanwhile, Velež was once again without Konstantin Cheshmedjiev who is still recovering from his injury.
Bulgaria, Parva Liga, Botev Plovdiv – Cherno More 0:0
Vlatko Drobarov made his debut for his new club Cherno More and helped his team keep a clean sheet. For the hosts, Mite Cikarski started on the bench and entered the game in the 85th minute to play the final minutes of the match.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Dinamo – Istra 1961 5:0
Bad news arrived from the match between Dinamo and Istra as Arijan Ademi suffered an injury during the warmup and he was forced to withdraw from the game. Ademi is going to undergo medical tests in the coming days, but there is a big possibility that he will also have to withdraw from the upcoming National Team encounters as well.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Hajduk – Osijek 1:1
Jani Atanasov did not get any playing time for Hajduk as he remained the entire game on the bench in the 1:1 draw against Osijek.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Rijeka – Lokomotiva 1:0
Neither of the four Macedonian internationals involved in the encounter betweek Rijeka and Lokomotiva got to play. Edis Malikji was the only one of them to make the squad, but he remained an unused substitute for Lokomotiva, whereas Djemal Ibishi did not get summoned. Milan Ristovski on the other hand is still sidelined by Rijeka due to his longterm injury, while his teammate Darko Velkovski was not avaliable or this round due to the red card suspension from the last game in the Croatian league.
Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom Prva Liga, Varaždin – Šibenik 1:3
Todor Todoroski made the start for the visitors and played for 71 minutes, as he got substituted right after the hosts’ goal that lowered the score to 1:3. In the end, that also remained the final outcome of the game. For Varaždin, Agon Elezi started on the bench and entered the field at the start of the second halftime. Both, Todoroski and Elezi also picked up a yellow card during the second half.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Anorthosis – AEK 1:0
Ivan Trichkovski and Stefan Spirovski played the whole match for the visiting side, while Daniel Mojsov was not included in the squad list. Interestingly, there were 3 Georgians in the starting 11 for Anorthosis and 1 more on the bench, so this was an occasion to get to know some of the opposing players before the historic match on Thursday.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Paphos – AEL 1:0
Davor Zdravkovski remained on the bench for the away team.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Omonia – Doxa 0:0
Damjan Shishkovski managed to keep clean cheet for Doxa, while his teammate Dushko Trajchevski was not part of the squad list for this match.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Ermis – Enosis 1:1
Filip Gachevski was the backup keeper for Enosis.
Cyprus, Protáthlima Cyta, Ethnikos – APOEL 0:0
Martin Bogatinov was between the posts for the home side, while his teammate Jovan Kostovski started the match on the bench and was introduced in the 70th minute.
England, Premier League, Crystal Palace – Leeds United 4:1
Ezgjan Alioski played the whole match for Leeds. He had a good attempt at the beginning of the second half but his low attempt was deflected into a corner.
France, Ligue 2, Troyes – Chambly 2:2
Vlatko Stojanovski was not called up for Chambly for this fixture.
Georgia, Crystalbet Erovnuli Liga, Chikhura – Telavi 1:2
Vladimir Dimitrovski played the whole match for the winning team.
Germany, 1. Bundesliga, Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:2
Darko Churlinov was on the bench for Stuttgart.
Greece, Soúper Ligk, Aris – Asteras 1:0
Ali Adem was not in the squad list for Aris.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, Diósgyör – Ujpest 3:0
The duel between Mirko Ivanovski and Kire Ristevski was not played because of the Covid-19 outbrake in the visitor’s squad. Ujpest requested the match to be postponed, but the home team didn’t accept this and they were awarded a 3:0 win.
Hungary, OTP Bank Liga, MTK – Fehérvár 3:1
Another great performance by Bojan Miovski. This time against Fehérvár including Visar Musliu and Boban Nikolov. Miovski won the penalty for the first goal after he was brought down by Musliu and in the 66th minute he scored the last goal, converting a cross by Sebastian Herrera, the Colombian born left-back who is another potential Macedonian national team member as he holds Macedonian passport after playing five seasons for Rabotnicki. This was Miovski’s 5th goal on seven played matches for MTK Budapest.
Italy, Serie A, Genoa – Roma 1:3
Goran Pandev replaced Pjaca in the 61st minute, but wasn’t able to help his team avoid the defeat by Roma.
Italy, Serie A, Bologna – Napoli 0:1
Elif Elmas replaced Insigne in the 82nd minute and celebrated a win away to Bologna.
Italy, Serie A, Sassuolo – Udinese 0:0
Ilija Nestorovski was unused substitute for Udinese.
Italy, Serie B, Entella – Lecce 1:5
Leonard Zhuta was in Lecce’s starting lineup, but was replaced after the half time break.
Kazakhstan, Premer Ligasy, Kyzylzhar – Tobol 0:1
Aleksa Amanovikj played the whole match for Tobol and earned a yellow card in the second half.
Norway, Eliteserien, Start – Sarpsborg 08 3:2
David Mitov Nilsson was Sarpsborg’s goalkeeper on this match.
Romania, Liga I Betano, FCSB – Botoșani 4:1
Stefan Ashkovski wasn’t included in Botosani’s squad because of a positive Covid-19 test. David Babunski just recovered from the virus and was on the bench for substitute players on this match.
Russia, Premier Liga, CSKA Moscow – Rostov 2:0
David Toshevski entered the match in the 83rd minute for Rostov.
Russia, Fonbet-FNL, Krylya Sovetov – Akron 3:0
Sefer Emini had his debut for Akron in the Russian FNL, entering the match after the half time break. Unfortenately his team had two players sent off and was defeated in Samara.
Serbia, Linglong Tire SuperLiga, Proleter – Napredak 1:0
Aleksa Jordanov was the substitute goalkeeper for Napredak.
Serbia, Linglong Tire SuperLiga, Radnicki Nis – Radnik 0:1
Nikola Bogdanovski played 90 minutes for Radnik, while Zoran Danoski entered the match in the 58th minute.
Serbia, Linglong Tire SuperLiga, Novi Pazar – Zlatibor 1:2
Matej Nikolov was unused substitute for the away team.
Serbia, Prva Liga, Radnicki Pirot – Buducnost Dobanovci 2:2
Marko Gjorgjievski scored the first goal on the match in the 6th minute.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Ružomberok – Spartak 0:1
As usual midfielder Tihomir Kostadinov made the start for Ružomberok and he got substituted in the 68th minute, few minutes after Spartak’s goal.
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, ViOn Zlaté Moravce – Trenčín 5:0
Tomche Grozdanovski played another 90 minutes for ViOn and he picked up an assist in the 22nd minute as they demolished Trenčín by 5:0. Tomche stole the ball from the opponents and he made a clever pass in the penalty area for Balaj who converted it to a 1:0 lead.
Grozdanovski’s assist (at 1:04):
Slovakia, Fortuna Liga, Nitra – Žilina 0:3
Enis Fazlagikj played the entire match for Žilina and provided a nice long ball assist for the opening goal of the game in the 56th minute. Enis also picked up a yellow card in the final minutes of the match. It is interesting to note that only 4 days prior the game, U21 National Team coach Blagoja Milevski announced that he won’t be able to count on Fazlagikj for the upcoming qualifiers due to an injury, yet Enis was all fit to play the 90 minutes for his club this weekend.
Fazlagikj’s assist (at 0:43) and interview with him after the game:
Slovenia, Prva Liga, Maribor – Domžale 4:3
17 year old Emir Saitovski made the bench for the visitors, but he remained an unused substitute. His teammate Zeni Husmani on the other hand did not make the squad this time, as the game finished with a total of 7 goals that ended in favour of Maribor.
Spain, Primera División, Levante – Deportivo Alavés 1:1
Enis Bardhi made the start for Levante on the left wing and he got substituted in the final minutes of the match. This was Bardhi’s 100th La Liga cap for Levante, an achievement that did not remain unnoticed by the club who honoured his success before the start of the game.

Enis Bardhi being honoured by his club for his 100th league appearance for Levante.
Spain, Segunda División, Mallorca – Ponferradina 3:0
Aleksandar Trajkovski remained once again an unused substitute for Mallorca as they scored a comfortable victory over Ponferradina. Mallorca is currently on the second position in the Spanish second division.
Spain, Segunda División, Rayo Vallecano – Almería 0:1
Stole Dimitrievski served another game for Rayo as a first goalkeeper and he conceeded one goal in the minimal loss to Almería. Rayo was down to 10 men after the 27 minutes of play, and they almost held of to a goalless draw but the visitors eventually scorred after a corner kick in the 5th minute of the stoppage time, right before the final whistle.
Sweden, Allsvenskan, Varbergs BoIS – Hammarby 5:2
Daniel Krezikj remains out of action for Varberg as he is still recovering from an injury.
Turkey, Süper Lig, Fenerbahçe – Atiker Konyaspor 0:2
Erdon Daci did not get a chance to enter the game from the bench as his club won an impressive away win against big favourites Fenerbahçe.
Turkey, Süper Lig, Kasımpaşa – Antalyaspor 2:2
Striker Adis Jahovikj was sidelined from Antalyaspor’s squad due to an injury.
Turkey, Süper Lig, Kayserispor – Hatayspor 0:1
Daniel Avramovski was once again not part of Kayerispor’s squad.
Ukraine, Premier Liha, Zorya – Vorskla 0:0
U21 National Team defender Agron Rufati made his second consecutive start for his new club in Ukraine. He went on to play the full 90 minutes and helped his team keep a clean sheet against Vorskla.
USA, MLS, Los Angeles – Portland Timbers 1:1
Daniel Musovski is currently out of action for Los Angeles as he is not cleared to play by the medical team.