Pelister vs Vardar Prediction: Derby of Macedonia

The first November round in the First Macedonian Football League brings us a historic match in Bitola. The floodlights will finally illuminate the Bitola stadium, and Pelister's home football players will welcome their bitter rival Vardar, in the biggest Macedonian football derby. Even though both teams are in the lower part of the table, today's match between them will mark the 13th round in the domestic championship. For the "eternal" rivals, this will be the second meeting this season, after the first one at the "Todor Proeski" Arena in Skopje, Vardar celebrated a minimal victory, so tonight the "green and white" will try to take revenge and record the first victory after the break of six rounds.

Form: DDDDD

Bitola is on its feet, and it's been for days. Tonight, the stands at the "Petar Milosevski" stadium will be full, the tickets were sold out two days ago. The green and whites have not won in the last seven matches (six draws and one loss), and it is interesting that the tradition when there are matches against Vardar, the draw dominates. In the last 10 duels, there have been seven meetings without a winner, Vardar were happy only once, and Pelister twice. Pelister are in 8th place with 13 points and currently have 4 draws in a row in the league.

Form: LDWLL

Vardar also have two wins, but eight losses, that's why they have five points less than Pelister and are at the bottom of the table. The situation in the club is far from ok, the fans are starting to lose patience, and despite the new owner and huge financial injection this team got, the results are terrible. The board and the staff promised that the real changes would be visible after the winter transfer period, but until then this team can get in a lot of trouble.

Today's match in Bitola is not only significant because of the eternal rivalry between the two teams, but also because of the points that are necessary for both Vardar and Pelister in the fight for survival. The atmosphere will be hot, and a big invasion of "Komiti" has been announced, so both teams will have serious support from the stands. I expect a match with a lot of tension and not too many goals in this derby.