After two decades, Partizani and Tirana play head to head for the title

The narrow difference in the area of ??the head of the ranking in the Superior Category, where Partizani and Tirana hold the first two places with equal points (44 points each), has made this season not only dominated by the eternal rivals from the capital, but with many it is likely that this championship will be contested to the end between them and it will be a team from the capital that will win the title. The two rival teams of Tirana each have 6 points more than Egnatia in third place. And while the race for third place will have another prominent rivalry, because this position leads to the UEFA Conference League, for the leading duo there is only one way: title rivalry. Seen in this context, this race can be interesting and if things go in such a way that the championship ends with equal points, then Partizan becomes champion despite the goal difference, having won direct duels with Tirana more (2-1). Of course, in the remaining 10 weeks of competition, both teams will do their best to repeat those moments in the history of Albanian football when in rivalry with each other they brought the excitement to the last week. The way this season is going, the title may only be up for grabs in the final week, which would make this championship spectacular and attractive.

Title rivalry after two decades

If Partizani and Tirana continue in this form until the end, then the title will be decided in the last week of Superiore, but it can be determined earlier if one of these two teams manages to break away before the last derby is played for this edition. In fact, the last time when Partizan and Tirana fought for the championship title at least until the 26th week, where we are in the current season, was the 2003-2004 edition. In that period, the teams of the capital, including Dinamo, made the "law" in the Albanian championship. After 26 weeks played, Tirana led with 59 points, compared to Partizan's 52. The two teams faced each other hard at distance up until this point in the season. Then Tirana, more used to such competitions in those seasons, managed to create an almost irreversible break. Partizan had another card in the game: the Cup. Feeling that the championship was getting out of hand day by day, Partizan decided to focus on the second most important trophy in the country, with the aim that at least the season would not end without a trophy. In the end, Tirana managed to be declared champion. In the Superior Category, Partizani finished fourth, but the Albanian Cup plan went to perfection. The Reds went to the final with Dinamo and managed to win with a goal by Henri Ndreka in the 12th minute. In the Supercup, Tirana and Partizan faced off again, with the reds winning 2-0 and collecting another trophy, as well as registering a small "revenge" for the lost competition in the championship. It remains to be seen which of the teams will make the least mistakes in this journey, but the fact that after 26 weeks of competition they are in an equal quota of points,