Kamyanı beat Novaki 1:0 in the Second League on Saturday, a result that keeps the hosts in sixth place while the visitors remain rooted at the bottom of the table. The match was played at 14:30 local time and the scoreline tells the story of a side that didn't need much to stay ahead.
By then the hosts had already shown they could grind out results, having taken points against Osogovo and drawn with Pelister. To be fair, Novaki's situation was worse even before kickoff — one point from four games, three defeats, and a goal difference that speaks for itself.
We had called for a home win at 41 percent confidence, and the result confirmed that calculation. Not that the margin was convincing, but Kamyanı did not travel to make up the numbers and neither did Novaki. The old head settled them down when the game needed it.
The visitors came into this with a 0:0 draw against Osogovo as their best recent result, and they could not improve on that here. Kamyanı's form had been mixed — a 2:1 win followed by a 1:2 loss — but they found a way to close out the points.
After four rounds the hosts sit on seven points with one game played against the league leaders yet to come. Novaki's single point keeps them eight places adrift and three points from safety, assuming the table holds its shape.