This round of the Macedonian top division doesn’t feature any true derbies but nearly all matches should be interesting with several teams looking to pull off upsets.
Napredok has opened the season brightly with 9 points and they will look to pile on more misery to 11 Oktomvri from Prilep who are currently in last place on the table. However, 11 Oktomvri is coming off a 4:0 thumping of Skopje in the Macedonian Cup this past Wednesday so they will be a confident club heading into Kicevo. Renova has been very disappointing in the early part of the year but they will look to jumpstart their season when they host tricky side Horizont Turnovo in one of the closest games of the round on paper. Additionally, Metalurg will look to remain on top of the table as they visit newly promoted side Ohrid who plays much better at home, while the defending champions Shkendija will also have a tough road game in Kratovo against Sileks. In the last game on Saturday, Rabotnicki will be expecting a win as they host Tetovo based club Teteks.
Meanwhile, in the only game scheduled for Sunday, Vardar will travel to Stip to take on Bregalnica. The popular Plavi were initially punished by FFM to play in front of an empty stadium but the ban was lifted after an appeal so the football fans in Stip will be allowed to attend the game. For Vardar, Macedonian international Vlatko Grozdanoski will make his debut after he had to wait for two months since he signed with Rabotnicki earlier in the summer. The rules state that a player must sit for two months if they change clubs twice during the same transfer period.
Today:
Gradski Stadium in Kicevo, 15.30 CET
Napredok vs 11 Oktomvri
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Skopje)
Gradski Stadium in Tetovo, 15.30 CET
Renova vs Turnovo
Referee: Zoran Petkovski (Veles)
SRC Atina Bojadzi in Ohrid, 15.30 CET
Ohrid vs Metalurg
Referee: Goran Spirkoski (Prilep)
Sileks Stadium in Kratovo, 15.30 CET
Sileks vs Shkendija
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Skopje)
National Arena Philip II of Macedon in Skopje, 18.30 CET
Rabotnicki vs Teteks
Referee: Petar Mantev (Negotino)
Tomorrow:
Gradski Stadium in Stip, 14.30 CET
Bregalnica vs Vardar
Referee: Zoran Boskov (Negotino)