National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Novi Pazar or Kolubara that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Kolubara played their last game only four days ago, a Super Liga match. That game, against Radnički Niš, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Kolubara.
Novi Pazar form and stats
Last season, Novi Pazar's Serbian Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Liga numbers at home for Novi Pazar so far this season.
The Pazar supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Javor Ivanjica and win 3-1.
2-2 away at Cukaricki before that.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Novi Pazar as they are travelling to their away game against Partizan in the Super Liga. That match is four days after this one.
The Novi Pazar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. Pazar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gradski Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Kolubara form and stats
Last season their Serbian Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.Kolubara have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super Liga, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Kolubara are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Radnički Niš.
The game before that, in the Super Liga, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Crvena Zvezda.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kolubara manager Djurdjevic as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Mladost Lucani.
Goals are few and far between in Kolubara's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 9 travels. Kolubara have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these sides: Novi Pazar won three, Kolubara triumphed in five and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Majdevac 7 goals | M. Mijić 4 goals | B. Nikčević 4 goals |
Novi Pazar missing players
Kolubara missing players
| Novi Pazar | Kolubara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 7 | 21 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 21% | ||
| 8.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 47 |
| 2 | Partizan | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 31 | 40 |
| 3 | Bačka Topola | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | Cukaricki | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 32 |
| 5 | Novi Pazar | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Vojvodina | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Vozdovac | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 28 |
| 8 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Kolubara | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 10 | Napredak | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 17 |
| 12 | Spartak Subotica | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Mladost Lucani | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | Javor Ivanjica | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -20 | 13 |
| 15 | Mladost Novi Sad | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Radnik Surdulica | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -23 | 8 |
