Tikves vs Shkendija Prediction: Can Tikves finally win?

On Sunday, Tikvesh will play in the 10th round of the First Football League as host against Shkednia at the City Stadium in Shtip. This comes after the suspension from FFM which "froze" the City Stadium in Kavadarci for two matches. Tikves have already played one match at the City Stadium in Kichevo, and now the second match will be played in Shtip, which means that the first league team from Kavadarci will return to play their home matches in Kavadarci after this round. 

Form: DDDLL

The teams of Pelister and Tikves shared the spoils in the "fraternal" derby that was played in the previous ninth round of the First Macedonian Football League, in a match in which both teams played below expectations and in the end had to settle for one point each (0-0). Tikves are making slight progress in the table, despite a terrible attack and only three goals scored in nine games. They are in 10th place with 7 points, and they have 3 draws in a row. 

Form: WDWLW

After getting back on track with Vardar, Shkendia stumbled again. As the favorite, the team played a goalless draw away to Sileks in Kratovo and thus handed over the leader's place in the table to Rabotnicki. Now they will have another unpleasant away match against Tikves, and the pressure is certainly bigger to get all 3 points. Shkendia also are winless in their last 3 away matches which only makes this trip to Shtip even more difficult.

In their last 5 matches in the league, Shkendia won three, Tikves one, and one match ended in a draw. In this match, there is no doubt that Shkendia are the favorite, and losing points against Tikves will be a huge disaster for them. I expect dominant and confident performances from Shkendia and a confident win after the unpleasant surprise they got in the last round.