Kolubara stubborn opponents but Crvena Zvezda expect victory

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Competition: Serbia Super Liga
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Rajko Mitić (55538 seats)

Super Liga: Crvena Zvezda welcome Kolubara in what could be an entertaining football fixture. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals (67) in Super Liga
  • Kolubara have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Super Liga

Not much time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Europa League fixture only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rangers, was also a home game here at Stadion Rajko Mitić. The away team is better rested.

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Crvena Zvezda form and stats

Crvena Zvezda have been very solid at home in the Super Liga so far, with 35 points collected from 13 matches (11-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Crvena haven’t lost a league-game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Radnik Surdulica, 144 days ago.

Crvena Zvezda's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at their own stadium, ending 2-1 against Rangers. The home side hope to to repeat that performance. Kanga (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Kanga served one assist, hit three key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 72 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Super Liga match versus Metalac GM with a 2-1 scoreline.

Crvena Zvezda are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadion Rajko Mitić with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 29 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Crvena Zvezda has won 25 times, drawn four and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Crvena Zvezda has won by at least two goals 17 times when in this position.

Goals decide football matches and Crvena are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 13 league matches. Defensively Crvena Zvezda have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kolubara form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kolubara so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

Kolubara are looking to quickly end their 262 minutes long goal drought in the Super Liga.

Kolubara's last game was the home draw against Radnicki Kragujevac (0-0).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Radnicki Nis's place.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played six away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats. zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kolubara as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Kolubara - Crvena 1-7. Pavkov loves to play against Kolubara and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Crvena ZvezdaA. Katai
A. Katai
17 goals
Crvena ZvezdaM. Ivanić
M. Ivanić
11 goals
Crvena ZvezdaM. Pavkov
M. Pavkov
10 goals

Crvena Zvezda missing players

Kolubara missing players

Crvena Zvezda Kolubara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
23 11 2 Won W 0 3 10
3 2 2 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 4 9 14
67 27 3 Scored S 0 9 27
15 3 1 Conceded C 11 26 47
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 62% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 70%
67% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 56%
30% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 30%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 11%
48% 23% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
52% 77% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 26%
4% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 46% 33%
 
7.4 8.3 11.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 4.4
2.7 2.3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.8 4.3
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.4 18.1 18.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.3 8.6
8.1 7.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.4
31% 27% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 29%
 
6.9 6 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.5 10
2.8 2.5 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 4.4
Key stats in Super Liga this season:
  • Crvena Zvezda have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Crvena Zvezda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Crvena Zvezda have scored more than double the goals of Kolubara.
  • Crvena Zvezda have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most points from losing position (16) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals (67) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Crvena Zvezda is in the best form (6-0-0) in Super Liga
  • Kolubara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kolubara have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Super Liga
  • Kolubara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Partizan 27 23 3 1 64 9 14 11 3 0 32 4 13 12 0 1 32 5 55 72
2 Crvena Zvezda 27 23 3 1 67 15 13 11 2 0 27 3 14 12 1 1 40 12 52 72
3 Cukaricki 28 14 10 4 47 26 14 8 5 1 28 10 14 6 5 3 19 16 21 52
4 Radnicki Nis 28 9 13 6 31 26 14 7 4 3 18 11 14 2 9 3 13 15 5 40
5 Backa Topola 28 10 8 10 42 38 14 6 3 5 24 20 14 4 5 5 18 18 4 38
6 Vozdovac 28 10 7 11 36 35 14 5 6 3 20 18 14 5 1 8 16 17 1 37
7 Vojvodina 28 10 6 12 34 36 14 6 2 6 20 18 14 4 4 6 14 18 -2 36
8 Napredak 28 9 7 12 30 35 14 6 4 4 17 14 14 3 3 8 13 21 -5 34
9 Radnik Surdulica 27 7 12 8 21 25 13 2 6 5 8 14 14 5 6 3 13 11 -4 33
10 Kolubara 27 10 3 14 27 47 14 7 2 5 18 21 13 3 1 9 9 26 -20 33
11 Mladost Lučani 27 9 4 14 31 39 13 5 1 7 17 22 14 4 3 7 14 17 -8 31
12 Spartak Subotica 27 8 7 12 30 42 13 2 5 6 12 20 14 6 2 6 18 22 -12 31
13 Proleter Novi Sad 28 8 4 16 21 46 14 4 2 8 10 22 14 4 2 8 11 24 -25 28
14 Radnicki Kragujevac 28 7 6 15 23 44 14 4 1 9 10 23 14 3 5 6 13 21 -21 27
15 Metalac GM 27 6 5 16 31 48 14 4 2 8 20 25 13 2 3 8 11 23 -17 23
16 Novi Pazar 27 3 10 14 22 46 14 3 6 5 13 18 13 0 4 9 9 28 -24 19

Read more about Super Liga

The Serbian SuperLiga is the highest level of football in Serbia. It was founded in 2005 with Montenegro and from 2006 with only Serbian teams. 16 teams play each other home and away, resulting in 30 fixtures. The league table then splits in two; a relegation round and a championship round.