Prva Liga match preview: Radnički Pirot versus Železničar Pančevo

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Fri 20.November
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Radnički Pirot are in the 11th position while the guesting Železničar Pančevo worry at 14th.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Radnički Pirot form and stats

The story so far in the Prva Liga for Radnički Pirot at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Radnički have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager D. Čelar led his Radnički to a defeat in the Prva Liga match away at Jagodina. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Before that, Radnički drew at home versus Buducnost Dobanovci.

Radnički were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The Radnički fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Radnički have conceded 10 goals.

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Železničar Pančevo form and stats

There's been little loot from Železničar Pančevo's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Prva Liga. Železničar Pančevo only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. It's a growing despair in Železničar as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Železničar aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 287 league minutes without a goal. L. Stojanović was the last player to find the net.

Železničar failed to get anything from their last game, a Prva Liga home match vs IMT Novi Beograd (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Prior to that match, the Železničar Pančevo manager M. Perović faced defeat when travelling to Graficar and losing 0-3.

Železničar have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Železničar struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Radnički PirotS. Petrovic
S. Petrovic
6 goals
Železničar PančevoM. Savanović
M. Savanović
5 goals
Radnički PirotA. Kostić Milutinović
A. Kostić Milutinović
3 goals

Radnički Pirot missing players

Železničar Pančevo missing players

Radnički Pirot Železničar Pančevo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 3 Played P 3 8 15
5 3 2 Won W 1 1 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 2 0 Lost L 2 6 8
16 9 4 Scored S 5 8 16
24 10 2 Conceded C 4 15 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
87% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 80%
60% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 67%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 53%
7% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 20%
27% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 2.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.5 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
135 76 27 Total Shots T S 21 49 124
63 34 12 Shots on Target S O 12 21 55
25% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 38% 29%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Radnički Pirot has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Prva Liga
  • Radnički Pirot haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Železničar Pančevo has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo has the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo has the most matches over the total-line (10) in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Železničar Pančevo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Železničar Pančevo 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 Radnicki Kragujevac 14 11 2 1 29 13 8 8 0 0 21 6 6 3 2 1 8 7 16 35
2 Kabel Novi Sad 14 8 4 2 17 7 8 4 3 1 10 5 6 4 1 1 7 2 10 28
3 Graficar 15 7 5 3 20 14 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 3 2 2 8 8 6 26
4 Jagodina 15 6 5 4 14 12 7 4 3 0 10 2 8 2 2 4 4 10 2 23
5 Zarkovo 14 6 4 4 17 16 8 4 2 2 8 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 1 22
6 Kolubara 14 6 4 4 17 17 6 4 2 0 7 3 8 2 2 4 10 14 0 22
7 Loznica 15 5 6 4 19 19 8 3 3 2 15 14 7 2 3 2 4 5 0 21
8 Borac Cacak 14 6 2 6 20 17 7 3 0 4 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 20
9 IMT Novi Beograd 15 5 4 6 20 16 8 3 1 4 9 7 7 2 3 2 11 9 4 19
10 Buducnost Dobanovci 14 5 4 5 18 16 6 3 2 1 8 4 8 2 2 4 10 12 2 19
11 Radnički Pirot 15 5 4 6 16 24 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 2 1 4 7 14 -8 19
12 Trajal Krusevac 14 5 3 6 17 18 6 4 0 2 10 6 8 1 3 4 7 12 -1 18
13 Dubocica 15 3 8 4 11 14 7 2 5 0 7 4 8 1 3 4 4 10 -3 17
14 Železničar Pančevo 15 4 3 8 16 23 7 3 2 2 8 8 8 1 1 6 8 15 -7 15
15 Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica 14 4 2 8 14 13 7 1 1 5 7 9 7 3 1 3 7 4 1 14
16 Dinamo Vranje 14 4 1 9 18 25 7 3 0 4 14 13 7 1 1 5 4 12 -7 13
17 Sloga Kraljevo 14 3 3 8 11 23 6 2 1 3 7 8 8 1 2 5 4 15 -12 12
18 Zemun 13 3 2 8 8 15 7 2 2 3 4 6 6 1 0 5 4 9 -7 11

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.