Metalac GM will pray that their home support is enough to get at least a draw from this strenuous battle, vs vibrant Novi Sad.
- Novi Sad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Metalac GM form and stats
When playing at home in the Prva Liga, Metalac GM have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. When Metalac GM hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Grafičar, Radnički Sr. Mitrovica, IMT Novi Beograd and Železničar Pančevo), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Two home wins in a row for Metalac GM bring valid hopes of a third.
The Metalac GM goalkeeper Nikola Mirkovic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 237 minutes without conceding a goal in the Prva Liga.
The home team returns to Stadion FK Metalac after drawing with Zlatibor Čajetina (placed 15th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Železničar Pančevo.Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 11 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Metalac has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Metalac GM have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Novi Sad form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Prva Liga.
Novi's last game was the home draw against Inđija (1-1).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Radnički Novi Beograd wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Novi Sad are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 38 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 3 draws and 32 defeats. Of the defeats, 22 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Fancy a bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this club have had two goals or less.
Novi Sad find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Novi have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered match involving both these contenders is the Novi Sad - Metalac GM 0-1 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Metalac GM wins - draws - Novi Sad wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Vujaklija 5 goals | J. Kokir 5 goals |  L. Milošev 4 goals |
Metalac GM missing players
Novi Sad missing players
| Metalac GM | Novi Sad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 23 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 29 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 24 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 60% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 64% |
| 32% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 32% |
| 20% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 16% |
| 44% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 32% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.9 | 10.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 7.9 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 50% | 41% |
| 7.5 | 6.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
- Novi Sad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Novi Sad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | IMT Novi Beograd | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 53 |
| 2 | Železničar Pančevo | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | Grafičar | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Novi Sad | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Radnički Sr. Mitrovica | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Inđija | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | OFK Vršac | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Jedinstvo Ub | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Sloboda Užice | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Trajal Krusevac | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Mačva Šabac | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Metalac GM | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | Radnički Novi Beograd | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 14 | Loznica | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -16 | 23 |
| 15 | Zlatibor Čajetina | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 19 |
| 16 | Rad Beograd | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 19 |
