National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bačka Topola or Novi Pazar that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bačka Topola and Novi Pazar.
Bačka Topola form and stats
Last season their Serbian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Topola's previous fixture was a Serbian Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 4-0 versus Novi Pazar. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that match was the home Super Liga game against Partizan that was lost 1-3.Bačka Topola have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Bačka Topola have scored {9 goals} and conceded 5 times.
Novi Pazar form and stats
Novi Pazar was sent out of Serbian Cup in the semi-finals last season.Two away matches in a row for Pazar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Bačka Topola in the Serbian Cup.
The game before that, in the Super Liga, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Radnicki Kragujevac.Just as the home team, Novi Pazar have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Novi Pazar wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head match ended Bačka Topola - Novi Pazar 4-0, earlier this season. Topola-Novi Pazar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bačka Topola six wins, Novi Pazar three wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Majdevac 12 goals |   S. Jovanović 10 goals | I. Đakovac 9 goals |
Bačka Topola missing players
Novi Pazar missing players
| Bačka Topola | Novi Pazar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 42 | 30 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 49% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 34% | ||
| 7.1 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 2.9 | ||
