Match preview: Inđija favourite to beat Radnički Sr. Mitrovica at Gradski Stadion

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski Stadion (4000 seats)

The hosts, Inđija, should be odds-on favourites in this fixture, but Radnički Sr. Mitrovica have shown both smartness and spirit. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Inđija have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Prva Liga
  • Radnički Sr. Mitrovica is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Inđija have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Radnički Sr. Mitrovica have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 6th place no matter what happens.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Inđija form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 15 Prva Liga games here at Gradski Stadion for Inđija. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Gradski Stadion, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Mladost Novi Sad game.

Inđija are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Loznica.

Preceding that match was the home game against IMT Novi Beograd that was lost 0-1.

The Inđija fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Radnički Sr. Mitrovica form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Prva Liga. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Nikolić, the Radnički Sr. Mitrovica manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Radnički Sr. Mitrovica might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Mladost Novi Sad proved too strong as Radnički Sr. Mitrovica slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Hesna.

Prior to that match, the Mitrovica manager Nikolić faced defeat when travelling to Javor Ivanjica and losing 1-3.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Radnički Sr. Mitrovica have scored 17 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Mitrovica as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past match between these contenders is the Radnički Sr. Mitrovica - Inđija 0-3 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Inđija wins - draws - Radnički Sr. Mitrovica wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

InđijaV. Milosavljev
V. Milosavljev
9 goals
InđijaN. Nedeljković
N. Nedeljković
7 goals

Inđija missing players

Radnički Sr. Mitrovica missing players

Inđija Radnički Sr. Mitrovica
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 7 18 36
18 9 3 Won W 1 6 13
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
11 6 0 Lost L 5 8 14
53 27 8 Scored S 3 18 42
38 19 4 Conceded C 16 23 43
92% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 67% 69%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 39% 42%
25% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 22% 19%
6% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 6% 8%
47% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 29% 33% 42%
36% 28% 50% Clean Sheets C S 14% 33% 36%
25% 28% 25% Failed to Score F T 57% 39% 31%
 
3.8 4.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.9 3.6
4.6 4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.4 4.5
2.5 2.7 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.5 3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
8.6 7.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8 9
3.6 3.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.6
41% 44% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 33% 33%
 
9.8 8.4 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 9 8.5
3.9 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Inđija have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Prva Liga
  • Radnički Sr. Mitrovica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Radnički Sr. Mitrovica is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inđija 30 17 7 6 48 29 15 9 3 3 26 15 15 8 4 3 22 14 19 58
2 Mladost Novi Sad 30 16 9 5 35 17 15 9 3 3 22 10 15 7 6 2 13 7 18 57
3 Javor Ivanjica 30 15 11 4 46 22 15 9 3 3 27 12 15 6 8 1 19 10 24 56
4 Železničar Pančevo 30 15 7 8 42 31 15 8 4 3 21 13 15 7 3 5 21 18 11 52
5 IMT Novi Beograd 30 13 10 7 49 30 15 7 5 3 28 11 15 6 5 4 21 19 19 49
6 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 30 13 7 10 39 29 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 6 4 5 17 13 10 46
7 Žarkovo 30 12 6 12 35 32 15 6 3 6 16 16 15 6 3 6 19 16 3 42
8 Loznica 30 11 8 11 29 26 15 8 3 4 21 11 15 3 5 7 8 15 3 41
9 Mačva Šabac 30 10 9 11 26 37 15 7 3 5 15 14 15 3 6 6 11 23 -11 39
10 Grafičar 30 10 5 15 44 43 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 2 2 11 14 26 1 35
11 Rad Beograd 30 9 8 13 28 34 15 6 4 5 20 17 15 3 4 8 8 17 -6 35
12 Buducnost Dobanovci 30 9 8 13 30 41 15 5 5 5 15 16 15 4 3 8 15 25 -11 35
13 Zlatibor Cajetina 30 8 10 12 28 35 15 6 6 3 17 10 15 2 4 9 11 25 -7 34
14 Timok 30 9 6 15 29 35 15 3 5 7 13 12 15 6 1 8 16 23 -6 33
15 Backa Palanka 30 6 15 9 22 30 15 3 8 4 11 11 15 3 7 5 11 19 -8 33
16 Kabel Novi Sad 30 1 6 23 12 71 15 0 5 10 5 32 15 1 1 13 7 39 -59 9

Read more about Prva Liga

The Serbian First League (or Prva Liga Srbije or just PLS) is the second highest football league in Serbia. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away, making 30 fixtures in the regular season. After this the league table splits in two, the championship round and the relegation round.