Home advantage could prove decisive in Trajal Krusevac - Mačva Šabac battle

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Mladost (10331 seats)

This game stars two contenders dwelling in the carpet of the Prva Liga, Trajal Krusevac at 11th spot and Mačva Šabac in 12th. A decent opportunity for one of the squads to better their situation.

Insights:
  • Trajal Krusevac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mačva Šabac have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Mačva are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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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Trajal Krusevac form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Trajal Krusevac have to build on here at Stadion Mladost in the Prva Liga. When Trajal Krusevac hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Metalac GM, Zlatibor Čajetina, Trajal Krusevac, Loznica and Rad Beograd), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

The home team returns to Stadion Mladost after drawing with Radnički Sr. Mitrovica (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Metalac GM that ended 1-1.

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 Trajal Krusevac 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.

Trajal Krusevac are traveling soon after this match as the Prva Liga match at Loznica awaits in three days.

Krusevac has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. On the other hand, Trajal Krusevac have conceded 16 goals.

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Mačva Šabac form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mačva Šabac so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-7 (win-draw-lose).

Mačva have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 203 minutes ago. Popović was the goal scorer.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Novi Sad with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points.

A 0-0 draw at Zlatibor Čajetina's stadium before that.

Mačva Šabac are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's latest 12 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

A new game in only three days for Mačva Šabac, the Prva Liga home match versus Jedinstvo Ub. Busy days.

The attacking power of Mačva when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Mačva Šabac have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Mačva Šabac - Krusevac 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

Mačva ŠabacP. Radunović
P. Radunović
9 goals
Trajal KrusevacS. Golubović
S. Golubović
6 goals
Mačva ŠabacL. Pejović
L. Pejović
6 goals

Trajal Krusevac missing players

Mačva Šabac missing players

Trajal Krusevac Mačva Šabac
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
9 7 3 Won W 0 2 7
7 5 1 Drew D 4 5 12
12 2 0 Lost L 0 7 9
28 19 6 Scored S 2 10 26
35 16 3 Conceded C 2 18 30
86% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 79% 75%
61% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 61%
50% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 43%
18% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 46%
21% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 36%
39% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
4.3 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.1 4.6
4.3 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.5 4.2
2.6 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 3.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.9 11 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.4 10
3.6 4.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.8
29% 30% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 25%
 
9.6 8.7 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8.6 7.9
3.7 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.1 2.9
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Mačva Šabac have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Trajal Krusevac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 28 17 7 4 44 25 14 9 4 1 26 13 14 8 3 3 18 12 19 58
2 Železničar Pančevo 28 16 5 7 44 24 14 11 0 3 33 12 14 5 5 4 11 12 20 53
3 Grafičar 28 14 5 9 54 35 14 8 2 4 32 17 14 6 3 5 22 18 19 47
4 Novi Sad 28 12 6 10 34 29 14 7 4 3 17 11 14 5 2 7 17 18 5 42
5 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 28 10 12 6 27 23 14 7 6 1 14 8 14 3 6 5 13 15 4 42
6 Jedinstvo Ub 28 11 7 10 29 25 14 7 4 3 17 8 14 4 3 7 12 17 4 40
7 Inđija 28 9 12 7 33 28 14 5 4 5 16 12 14 4 8 2 17 16 5 39
8 Radnički Novi Beograd 28 11 4 13 25 31 14 9 1 4 15 9 14 2 3 9 10 22 -6 37
9 Sloboda Užice 28 7 15 6 28 28 14 6 7 1 19 10 14 1 8 5 9 18 0 36
10 OFK Vršac 28 10 6 12 26 30 14 8 2 4 16 9 14 2 4 8 10 21 -4 36
11 Trajal Krusevac 28 9 7 12 28 35 14 7 5 2 19 16 14 2 2 10 9 19 -7 34
12 Mačva Šabac 28 7 12 9 26 30 14 5 7 2 16 12 14 2 5 7 10 18 -4 33
13 Metalac GM 28 8 8 12 25 31 14 7 3 4 16 10 14 1 5 8 9 21 -6 32
14 Loznica 28 6 9 13 25 44 14 3 5 6 13 21 14 3 4 7 12 23 -19 27
15 Rad Beograd 28 4 12 12 31 46 14 2 7 5 17 21 14 2 5 7 14 25 -15 24
16 Zlatibor Čajetina 28 4 11 13 26 41 14 2 8 4 15 15 14 2 3 9 11 26 -15 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.