Prva Liga fixture forecast and stats, news and lineups for the Železničar Pančevo vs IMT Novi Beograd battle

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportsko-Rekreativni Centar Mladost (1200 seats)

Prva Liga: Two participants who have done fine up to now. Get smart on Železničar Pančevo - IMT Novi Beograd with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Železničar Pančevo have the the best goal difference (+20) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Prva Liga

It's no vacation for neither Železničar nor IMT Novi Beograd as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Železničar Pančevo form and stats

Železničar Pančevo are steadily winning Prva Liga games and points here at Sportsko-Rekreativni Centar Mladost. 11 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

The Železničar Pančevo manager Gaćinović and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Rad Beograd (placed 15th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Loznica in a game that was won 5-0.

The manager Gaćinović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to OFK Vršac in only three days.

Železničar Pančevo can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 33 times. Železničar Pančevo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportsko-Rekreativni Centar Mladost in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.

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IMT Novi Beograd form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Prva Liga travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Beograd, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus OFK Vršac (placed 10th) last time out. That victory felt nice as this side had gone four league matches without victory. Vidić came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against OFK Vršac last time out, making the manager Vasiljević feel like a tactical genius.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Rad Beograd.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with IMT Novi Beograd playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 IMT Novi Beograd wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

After this away game IMT Novi Beograd return home for a Prva Liga game against Zlatibor Čajetina. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Beograd have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads faced each other previously this campaign; IMT Novi Beograd - Železničar Pančevo 0-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior six meetings): Železničar Pančevo won two games, two matches ended with a draw and IMT Novi Beograd got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / two.

Top Goalscorers

Železničar PančevoD. Grgic
D. Grgic
11 goals
IMT Novi BeogradM. Luković
M. Luković
10 goals
ŽelezničarL. Petrović
L. Petrović
6 goals

Železničar Pančevo missing players

IMT Novi Beograd missing players

Železničar Pančevo IMT Novi Beograd
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
16 11 1 Won W 0 8 17
5 0 0 Drew D 0 3 7
7 3 2 Lost L 3 3 4
44 33 3 Scored S 2 18 44
24 12 5 Conceded C 5 12 25
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
57% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 64%
43% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 50%
29% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 25%
18% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 18%
39% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 54%
46% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
25% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 18%
 
5.7 5.3 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.6 5.4
3.7 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 3.4 3.4
2 1.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 14.3 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 8.4 10.3
4.6 6.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.6 3.8
35% 40% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 49% 39%
 
8.7 8.2 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 5.9 6.6
3.6 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.3
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most points (27) away in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Železničar Pančevo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Železničar Pančevo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo have the most points (33) at home in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo have the most scored goals (33) at home in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo have the the best goal difference (+20) in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Prva Liga
  • Železničar Pančevo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 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.