Teteks hosted Rabotnicki for the second round of the Second Division's regular season on Thursday evening. The visitors secured a narrow victory, taking all three points with a final score of 0:1. It was a result that shifted the momentum slightly towards the away side, who had already shown signs of consistency.
Before kick-off, the table told a story of contrasting fortunes. Teteks sat in eleventh place with six points from five matches. Rabotnicki occupied sixth with nine points from four games. To be fair, the gap wasn't insurmountable, but the visitors carried more confidence into the fixture.
Rabotnicki managed to edge past the hosts without drama. The away side proved efficient, converting their opportunities into a single goal. Teteks failed to respond, leaving the visitors to see out the result.
Teteks had shown vulnerability in recent outings, losing 1-4 to Bregalnica and 0-3 to Ohrid. They found some stability with a 0:0 draw against Osogovo last weekend. The home side needed to improve their defensive shape. By then, the pressure on them to convert draws into wins had grown significantly.
Rabotnicki's run looked sharper, featuring wins against Macedonia GP and Gorno Lisiche. They had also edged Kozuv Gevgelija 3-0 before their solitary defeat against Belasica. We had backed this outcome with 76 per cent confidence, and the visitors delivered without fuss.
The victory lifted Rabotnicki higher up the standings, widening their point gap over the mid-table pack. Teteks remained stuck in the lower half, needing to find a way to stop leaking goals. In these divisions, those three points often define the season's trajectory.
