Macedonian championship is back after one-week break with Round 14. Renova against Rabotnicki in Tetovo is the derby of the round.
Renova – Rabotnicki
First against second on the table. Main title rivals in a match that might decide winter champions. Renova has the home court advantage, but Rabotnicki is the only undefeated team yet. Renova’s only defeat came from Rabotnicki and this is the chance for revenge. Ultimate derby of this round and maybe of this championship – with live TV coverage.
Vardar – Makedonija Gjorche Petrov
City derby on National Arena Philip II of Macedon. Vardar still with many, many problems and several players have even asked for a contract termination. Nothing official about a possible new sponsor is mentioned recently and their destiny is unknown. Makedonija are on the third place, 8 points behind Rabotnicki, but now even the third place is not safe for them as Pelister is just one point behind.
Metalurg – Horizont Turnovo
Nikola Ilievski will have his debut for Metalurg after he succeeded Jovanovski. Metalurg had several preparational matches under Ilievski and won all, but now this is the real first challenge. Teams are table-neighbors but Turnovo are 5 points ahead of Metalurg.
Pobeda – Teteks
The match which should have been played yesterday got postponed because of the death of Pobeda’s physio Dragan Mircevski. Rescheduled for Sunday, this is a match between teams from the lower part of the table with only one point difference between the two teams in favor of the visitors. A match that by many has been predicted as a certain home win.
Sloga Jugomagnat – Sileks
Sloga have managed to lose three times in a row at home and red alert is on. They have fallen down to the 11th place and are in the relegation zone. Despite Sileks’ good start they are in a free-fall once again and are down to 7th at the moment. Both teams need points in order to turn things around and that makes this match interesting.
Milano – Pelister
Milano’s 13 defeats so far make this match easy to predict.