Kolubara vs Napredak betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Serbia Super Liga
Competition: Fri 31.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: SRC Kolubara (2000 seats)

Kolubara and Napredak have both delivered a "par" performance up to now, to use a golf term. Both teams reside in mid-table positions in the Super Liga.

Insights:
  • Kolubara have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super Liga
  • Napredak have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Super Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kolubara form and stats

Kolubara have played 13 Super Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Kolubara are returning here after visiting Novi Pazar and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Đuranović scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, Kolubara lost 0-1 at home to Backa Topola.

It should be added that a glance at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Kolubara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Napredak form and stats

Napredak have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super Liga, after 2-1-10 (13 played).

Napredak played 1-1 against Crvena Zvezda in their previous match. The draw against Crvena Zvezda came from a losing position. The Napredak manager Perišić brought on Matić as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Before that, the Serbian Cup victory away at Spartak Subotica.

Few goals the story here? 12 of this side's latest 14 league rounds have seen two or less goals.

After this away game Napredak return home for a Super Liga game against Mladost Lučani. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Napredak as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Napredak have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the contenders played each other earlier this campaign; Napredak - Kolubara 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kolubara four wins, one draw and Napredak five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapredakM. Šarić
M. Šarić
5 goals
KolubaraA. Vukušić
A. Vukušić
4 goals
KolubaraN. Milojević
N. Milojević
4 goals

Kolubara missing players

Napredak missing players

Kolubara Napredak
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
9 7 2 Won W 0 2 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 1 6
12 3 0 Lost L 2 10 14
21 15 3 Scored S 1 8 21
43 15 1 Conceded C 5 20 30
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 85%
59% 46% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 48%
41% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 30%
26% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
33% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 30%
33% 46% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 37%
41% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 54% 48%
 
3 3.1 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.8 4.4
5.1 4.3 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 6.1 4.5
2 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8 8.8 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 6.2 8.4
3.5 3.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 2.7
22% 33% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 29%
 
11 11 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.7 10.2 9.9
4.8 4.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Super Liga this season:
  • Kolubara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kolubara have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super Liga
  • Napredak have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Napredak have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napredak have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Super Liga
  • Napredak have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Super Liga

  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 27 23 4 0 71 11 13 11 2 0 40 4 14 12 2 0 31 7 60 73
2 Backa Topola 27 16 7 4 47 20 14 8 3 3 25 12 13 8 4 1 22 8 27 55
3 Partizan 27 16 6 5 55 25 14 6 5 3 26 16 13 10 1 2 29 9 30 54
4 Cukaricki 27 16 5 6 51 30 14 10 2 2 28 14 13 6 3 4 23 16 21 53
5 Vojvodina 27 12 11 4 42 25 13 8 3 2 21 10 14 4 8 2 21 15 17 47
6 Novi Pazar 27 13 5 9 33 28 14 8 3 3 18 10 13 5 2 6 15 18 5 44
7 Vozdovac 27 11 6 10 23 37 13 6 4 3 11 15 14 5 2 7 12 22 -14 39
8 Radnicki Kragujevac 27 9 6 12 26 26 13 5 2 6 13 11 14 4 4 6 13 15 0 33
9 Kolubara 27 9 6 12 21 43 13 7 3 3 15 15 14 2 3 9 6 28 -22 33
10 Napredak 27 7 6 14 21 30 14 5 5 4 13 10 13 2 1 10 8 20 -9 27
11 Radnicki Nis 27 6 8 13 29 48 13 3 4 6 19 26 14 3 4 7 10 22 -19 26
12 Javor Ivanjica 27 6 8 13 26 46 14 4 3 7 11 20 13 2 5 6 15 26 -20 26
13 Spartak Subotica 27 5 9 13 22 35 14 4 5 5 17 15 13 1 4 8 5 20 -13 24
14 Mladost Lučani 27 4 9 14 31 49 13 4 4 5 20 21 14 0 5 9 11 28 -18 21
15 Radnik Surdulica 27 4 8 15 20 42 13 3 5 5 10 15 14 1 3 10 10 27 -22 20
16 Mladost Novi Sad 27 4 6 17 18 41 14 2 2 10 10 25 13 2 4 7 8 16 -23 18

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.