Vardar is a point away for winning the 9th title after they celebrated against Sileks. Despite Shkendija’s win over Bregalnica, the championship seems like is already settled.
Vardar celebrated in Kratovo against Sileks to maintain the 5 points lead over Shkendija. Last time vardar played there suffered a surprising defeat, but this time the red & black team was victorious.
Sileks: Mitrović; Filipovski (85′ Gorgiev), Ivanov, S. Rudan, Timovski, Raspashkovski (69′ Biljali), Djonov, Mitevski (46′ Panovski), Acevski, Duranski (c), Nedeljković.
Vardar: Pachovski; Ljamchevski, Grncharov (c), Novak, Hambardzumyan; Gligorov, Spirovski, Juan Felipe; Asani (80′ Nikolov), Stojkov (46′ Ćeran), Kojašević (64′ Dashyan).
Shkendija recorded an easy win over Bregalnica, but only a miracle can crown them champions as Vardar needs only a point in the remaining two rounds to clinch the title. Probably the most important event from this match is the returning of Macedonian national team player Ferhan Hasani who was out with a ligament injury since October.
Shkendija: Jovanovski; Demiri, Cuculi (c), Bejtulai, Todorovski (73′ Rech); Alimi, Vujčić, Juffo, Ibraimi, Stênio Júnior (67′ Totre), Radeski (77′ Hasani).
Bregalnica: Pavlov; Ristovski, Stojanov (c), Tanushev, Nikovski (46′ Zdravkov), Kocev, Mitrev, Hristov, Blazheski, Mitrov (68′ Stanković), Georgiev (54′ Naumov).
Rabotnichki won important points away to Shkupi. A lone goal was enough for the Hero to practically ensure an Europa League spot.
Shkupi: Madjaroski; Adili, Berisha (c) (46′ Bajrami), Janevski (68′ Bojku), Adem (46′ Asani), Arif, Malikji, Maksuti, Can Akgün, Demiri, Iseni.
Rabotnichki: Shishkovski; Siljanovski, Ilievski (c), Najdovski, Cikarski; Petrovikj, Najdenov, Galić (89′ Ackovski), S. Sahiti (54′ Jovanoski); Puškarić (71′ Herrera), Altiparmakovski.
In the relegation group, both Turnovo and Renova recorded wins. Renova played their game on Thursday, while Pandev was a hat-trick hero for Turnovo on Saturday. Seems like the between these two will decide who will stay in the league and who will play a relegation play-off.
Renova: Efremov; Abdula, Memedi (82′ Bajrami), Musliu, Mishkovski, Sadiki, Shabani (80′ P. Imeri), Gafuri (66′ Jusufi), Nuhi (c), Skenderi, R. Selmani.
Mladost: Apostolovski; Kjeleshoski, Gjoreski (c), Grozdanoski, Markoski (68′ Ilijovski), Djaleski, V. Hani, Saliu (71′ Hajredini), Shakjiri (80′ Selimi), Celeski, Kalanoski.
Metalurg: Ilikj; Karanfilovski, Leskaroski (c), Digalovski, Dodev (58′ Korenica), Stojchevski (46′ Asani), Đakovac, Shoposki, Krivanjeva, Stojanovski, Naumoski (64′ Kanzurov).
Turnovo: Igeski; Iliev, Vasilev (67′ Dimov), Tafe, Mitev, Ivanov (53′ Tashev), Bozhinov, Taipi, Stoilov (77′ Mavrov), Pandev (c), Timov.
Round 30 results:
Play-off group:
Sileks – Vardar 1:2 (0:1)
47′ Aleksandar Panovski – 22′ Juan Felipe, 63′ Dragan Ćeran
Shkendija – Bregalnica 3:0 (1:0)
14′, 51′ Nildo Victor Juffo, 81′ Besart Ibraimi
Shkupi – Rabotnichki 0:1 (0:1)
12′ Marjan Altiparmakovski
Play-out group:
Renova – Mladost 4:2 (3:2)
10′ Bunjamin Shabani, 31′ Djelil Abdula, 38′ (pen) Agron Memedi, 78′ Remzifaik Selmani – 14′ Aleksandar Celeski, 19′ Pajazit Saliu
Metalurg – Turnovo 0:4 (0:0)
49′, 56′, 70′ Sashko Pandev, 85′ Filip Timov