Vardar vs Rabotnicki Prediction: Neighborhood Derby No. 77

Skopje derby, derby between neighbors, derby with a special flavor, derby among the most trophy-winning. When this is said, then it is clear that it is about the duel between Vardar and Rabotnicki. Today, from 2:00 p.m., at the "Todor Proeski" Arena, for the 77th time, the clubs that together hold 15 titles in the PMFL, or almost half in independent Macedonia, will play against each other. The most trophy is in the lower part of the table and Rabotnicki are the leader.

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The goalkeeper of Vardar, Filip Gachevsky, returned between the goalposts against Tikves and with his club celebrated a place in the round of 16 of the Cup of Macedonia. He noticed good defenses in this Cup-duel, as a prelude to the city derby with Rabotnicki. Djibril Dianesi made a difference in the match between Vardar and Tikvesh, with two goals he took the "red and black" to the next stage of the Cup of Macedonia, and now the player is ready for the city derby against Rabotnicki. These individual performances stand out in that duel and showed that Vardar have players and capacity to compete in this league, and the win in the Cup certainly boosted their confidence. Vardar are in 11th place with only 7 points and have 7 defeats in a row in the league.

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Rabotnicki are the leader, Rabotnicki are undefeated in the past 10 rounds. Of course, they want another victory against their biggest and oldest rival. Rabotnicki have 3 wins in a row, against very difficult opponents, Shkupi, Voska, and Gostivar, and now are considered as the main candidate to win the trophy, even though at the start of the season they were projected to finish in the middle of the table. They didn’t play in the Cup last week, so they had more time to prepare for this derby and it can be a very important factor in this duel.

Finally, let's say that in the previous 76 neighbor derbies, Vardar were more successful. They have 33 victories, Rabotnicki won 25 matches, and 18 times it was a draw with a goal difference of 94:79. However I think that in this match Vardar will be very satisfied with a point, so I expect a very tight match but I can see Rabotnicki taking all 3 points considering their form and performances in the previous matches.