Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crvena Zvezda & Čukarički face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Serbian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super Liga game only four days ago. That game, against Vozdovac, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Čukarički.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
The home team returns to Stadion Rajko Mitić after drawing with Radnicki Kragujevac on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Ivanić was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Radnicki Kragujevac after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that game, a strong away win at Backa Topola. A Serbian Cup match. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Crvena Zvezda home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super Liga game versus Novi Pazar in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Rajko Mitić.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Crvena, who have participated in eight training matches. Crvena Zvezda have won 6 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Čukarički form and stats
Čukarički's mission in Serbian Cup last season failed in the 1st round.Čukarički are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Vozdovac.
Earlier, the Serbian Cup win away at Vojvodina.
After this away game Čukarički return home for a Super Liga game against Radnicki Kragujevac. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Čukarički have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Crvena Zvezda have been victorious in all of the 10 most recent battles versus this side. Can they do it again?Top Goalscorers
  A. Katai 18 goals |  O. Bukari 12 goals |  A. Pešić 11 goals |
Crvena Zvezda missing players
Čukarički missing players
| Crvena Zvezda | Čukarički | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.9 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 6.3 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | ||
| 40% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 43% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
