Bregalnica vs Shkendija Prediction: Shkendija are back in race for the title

This weekend is the 28th round of the First Macedonian Football League (PMFL), and one match will be played on Saturday, while the rest are on Sunday. The round will be opened by the teams of Bregalnica and Shkendija, who will face each other at the City Stadium in Shtip. The match starts at 17:00. Both teams are in big need of points, because Bregalnica are in the fight for spot in European competitions next season while Shkendija in the race for the 1st place. The quality is without a doubt on the side of the visiting team, but Bregalnica won’t give up so easily.

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In the last round, the derby match in the east of Macedonia between Sileks and Bregalnica ended without goals (0-0). The duel from the 27th round of the Macedonian football championship offered no goals, the game in the middle prevailed, and although both teams had their chances, they failed to materialize them. After the attacking capacities failed, the duel in Kratovo ended without goals Bregalnica remained with 37 points in the 5th position. At home, this team have 6 wins, 4 draws, and 3 defeats.

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Shkendija justified their role as a favorite against Tikvesh in the last round and added three new points to its account in the PMFL. The "red and blacks" played an excellent match in front of their audience against a difficult opponent and in the end deservedly recorded a safe victory of 4-1, with which they remain in the race for the championship title even after this 27th round. With this victory, Shkendija climbed to the second position in the table with 47 points, two more than the champion Shkupi and six less than the leader Struga Trim Lum. Shkendija as a visitor have 7 wins, 2 draws, and 2 defeats. With the win in the last round, this team is on 7 matches streak without a defeat in the league and enters this match as a huge favorite.

Matches between these teams are always tough and tense. If we take a look at their h2h stats we can see that their 3 last duels ended in a goalless draw. However, things are changed right now especially at Shkendija as this team entered in really good form in the second part of the season and now can attack the 1st place again. The visitors have much more individual quality and longer bench which can make big difference in such tight encounter. I think that Shkendija will get all 3 points in this match and will score at least 2 goals against Bregalnica.