Prva Liga prediction and preview: Novi Sad odds-on betting favourite to subdue Radnički Novi Beograd

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Mon 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pivara Stadion (3000 seats)

Novi Sad are set for a new challenge after their 2-2 versus Radnički Novi Beograd last time. Radnički Novi Beograd are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Radnički Novi Beograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Novi Sad are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Radnički Novi Beograd are staying put at 8th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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.

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Novi Sad form and stats

7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Prva Liga numbers at home for Novi Sad so far this season.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Novi Sad, who played 2-2 against Radnički Novi Beograd. That match was also played at this venue (Pivara Stadion).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Inija.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Novi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 15 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Novi Sad has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Novi Sad are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pivara Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Radnički Novi Beograd form and stats

Radnički Novi Beograd have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Prva Liga, after 2-3-10 (15 played).

Radnički are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Novi Sad.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Jedinstvo Ub.

We have checked recent matches where Radnički Novi Beograd have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Radnički have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this season, as the history books show this recent match: Radnički Novi Beograd - Novi Sad 1-0. Milovanovic (Novi Sad) was shown a red card when these teams last met. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Novi victory, zero draws and one Radnički Novi Beograd win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Novi SadS. Vujaklija
S. Vujaklija
5 goals
Novi SadJ. Kokir
J. Kokir
5 goals
Novi SadK. Živković
K. Živković
5 goals

Novi Sad missing players

Radnički Novi Beograd missing players

Novi Sad Radnički Novi Beograd
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 17 33
13 8 1 Won W 1 3 13
8 5 3 Drew D 1 4 6
12 4 0 Lost L 2 10 14
38 21 3 Scored S 2 13 31
36 15 1 Conceded C 5 27 38
91% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 94%
64% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 76% 70%
33% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 36%
21% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
39% 41% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 39%
33% 41% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 33%
36% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 33%
 
3.1 3.3 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.6
3.1 2.9 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 4.8 4.6
3.2 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 3.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 8 9
 
7.9 8.2 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.4 7.4
2.9 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.1
40% 38% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 31%
 
8.9 7.9 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 10.5 9.9
3.4 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Radnički Novi Beograd have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Radnički Novi Beograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 30 18 7 5 45 27 15 10 4 1 27 13 15 8 3 4 18 14 18 61
2 Železničar Pančevo 30 17 6 7 47 25 15 12 0 3 35 12 15 5 6 4 12 13 22 57
3 Graficar 30 15 5 10 57 38 15 9 2 4 34 17 15 6 3 6 23 21 19 50
4 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 30 11 12 7 30 26 15 8 6 1 17 9 15 3 6 6 13 17 4 45
5 Jedinstvo Ub 30 12 8 10 32 26 15 8 4 3 19 8 15 4 4 7 13 18 6 44
6 Inija 30 10 13 7 38 30 15 6 4 5 19 12 15 4 9 2 19 18 8 43
7 Novi Sad 30 12 7 11 34 31 15 7 4 4 17 13 15 5 3 7 17 18 3 43
8 Radnički Novi Beograd 30 12 4 14 27 35 15 10 1 4 17 10 15 2 3 10 10 25 -8 40
9 Sloboda Uzice 30 7 16 7 33 34 15 6 8 1 21 12 15 1 8 6 12 22 -1 37
10 Macva Sabac 30 8 13 9 28 31 15 5 8 2 17 13 15 3 5 7 11 18 -3 37
11 OFK Vrsac 30 10 7 13 28 33 15 8 3 4 17 10 15 2 4 9 11 23 -5 37
12 Metalac GM 30 9 8 13 29 36 15 8 3 4 20 13 15 1 5 9 9 23 -7 35
13 Trajal Krusevac 30 9 8 13 29 37 15 7 5 3 19 17 15 2 3 10 10 20 -8 35
14 Loznica 30 7 10 13 28 45 15 3 6 6 14 22 15 4 4 7 14 23 -17 31
15 Rad Beograd 30 5 13 12 32 46 15 2 8 5 17 21 15 3 5 7 15 25 -14 28
16 Zlatibor Cajetina 30 4 11 15 26 43 15 2 8 5 15 16 15 2 3 10 11 27 -17 23

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.