Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Radnički Niš & IMT Novi Beograd face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Serbian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Radnički and IMT Novi Beograd.
Radnički Niš form and stats
Last season, Radnički Niš's Serbian Cup journey ended in the round of 16.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super Liga this season. Radnički Niš have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Gradski Stadion Čair.
The spoils were shared in Radnički's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kolubara travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Partizan in the Super Liga.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Radnički Niš as they are travelling to their away game against Bačka Topola in the Super Liga. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Radnički Niš in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches.
IMT Novi Beograd form and stats
Beograd was sent out of Serbian Cup in the preliminary round last season.As the visiting team in Prva Liga matches, IMT Novi Beograd have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.
Glišić, Savić and Stamenić scored in IMT Novi Beograd's previous match, the home game against Trajal Krusevac that ended 3-2.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Novi Sad's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Beograd manager Vasiljević as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Jedinstvo Ub.
IMT Novi Beograd are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Štulić 10 goals |  M. Luković 6 goals | N. Glišić 4 goals |
Radnički Niš missing players
IMT Novi Beograd missing players
| Radnički Niš | IMT Novi Beograd | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | ||
| 10.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Graficar | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Železničar Pančevo | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Inija | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Jedinstvo Ub | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Sloboda Uzice | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Novi Sad | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 9 | OFK Vrsac | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Proleter Novi Sad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Trajal Krusevac | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Metalac GM | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Macva Sabac | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Loznica | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Radnički Novi Beograd | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 15 | Zlatibor Cajetina | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Rad Beograd | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
