Football betting preview: Napredak with moderate expectations before welcoming Radnički Niš

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Competition: Serbia Super Liga
Competition: Tue 09.May
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Mladost (10331 seats)

Napredak have won 31 points running out as the team playing at home. Radnički Niš have claimed 29 points as the visiting team. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Napredak have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Super Liga
  • Radnički Niš have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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Napredak form and stats

When playing at home in the Super Liga, Napredak have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

The home fans saw a 0-0 draw against Crvena Zvezda in the Serbian Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.

Before that game, the home loss against Radnik Surdulica with the scoreline 0-1.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 14 latest league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Napredak here at Stadion Mladost in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Napredak are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Mladost in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches. 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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Radnički Niš form and stats

Radnički Niš have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Super Liga, after 3-4-8 (15 played). Three has not been a lucky number for Radnički Niš as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Javor Ivanjica match.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Serbian Cup home loss versus Vojvodina with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

A loss against Mladost Lučani was the result prior to that, in a Super Liga home game.

Lacking goals? 10 of this team's latest 13 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Radnički struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Napredak and Radnički Niš have faced each other already this season: Napredak - Radnički Niš 2-0. These squads fought hard and good when they last met. Both Andrić (Radnički Niš) and Putinčanin (Napredak) were each shown a red card. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Napredak victories, four draws and four Radnički Niš wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

NapredakM. Šarić
M. Šarić
5 goals
NapredakN. Bastajić
N. Bastajić
4 goals
NapredakN. Krstić
N. Krstić
3 goals

Napredak missing players

Radnički Niš missing players

Napredak Radnički Niš
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 7 Played P 4 16 33
10 6 3 Won W 0 3 7
7 6 2 Drew D 1 4 8
16 5 2 Lost L 3 9 18
24 14 6 Scored S 0 10 31
32 11 6 Conceded C 3 24 55
85% 76% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 91%
39% 35% 29% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 70%
24% 12% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 52%
12% 12% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 33%
6% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
24% 18% 29% BTTS BTTS 0% 19% 42%
42% 59% 57% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 21%
48% 47% 29% Failed to Score F T 100% 69% 45%
 
4.5 4.6 4.1 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 4.4
4.1 2.9 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.9 4.4
1.3 1.4 0.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
7.5 9.4 9.1 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.4 8.1
2.4 2.6 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.9 3.1
30% 32% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 30%
 
9.1 8.9 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 9.5 9.1
3.8 3.5 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Super Liga this season:
  • Napredak have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Super Liga
  • Napredak have the most matches under the total-line (25) in Super Liga
  • Radnički Niš have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Crvena Zvezda 30 26 4 0 81 14 15 13 2 0 46 6 15 13 2 0 35 8 67 82
2 Backa Topola 30 18 8 4 52 22 15 8 4 3 26 13 15 10 4 1 26 9 30 62
3 Cukaricki 30 19 5 6 56 31 15 11 2 2 29 14 15 8 3 4 27 17 25 62
4 Partizan 30 17 6 7 57 28 15 7 5 3 27 16 15 10 1 4 30 12 29 57
5 Vojvodina 30 14 12 4 47 27 15 10 3 2 25 11 15 4 9 2 22 16 20 54
6 Novi Pazar 30 15 5 10 37 31 15 9 3 3 19 10 15 6 2 7 18 21 6 50
7 Vozdovac 30 11 6 13 24 42 15 6 4 5 12 19 15 5 2 8 12 23 -18 39
8 Radnicki Kragujevac 30 10 7 13 29 30 15 6 3 6 16 13 15 4 4 7 13 17 -1 37
9 Kolubara 30 10 7 13 23 45 15 8 3 4 17 17 15 2 4 9 6 28 -22 37
10 Napredak 30 8 7 15 22 31 15 5 6 4 13 10 15 3 1 11 9 21 -9 31
11 Radnički Niš 30 7 8 15 30 51 15 4 4 7 20 28 15 3 4 8 10 23 -21 29
12 Javor Ivanjica 30 7 8 15 28 49 15 4 3 8 12 22 15 3 5 7 16 27 -21 29
13 Spartak Subotica 30 5 10 15 26 43 15 4 5 6 18 19 15 1 5 9 8 24 -17 25
14 Mladost Lučani 30 4 11 15 32 52 15 4 5 6 21 24 15 0 6 9 11 28 -20 23
15 Radnik Surdulica 30 5 8 17 21 44 15 4 5 6 11 16 15 1 3 11 10 28 -23 23
16 Mladost Novi Sad 30 4 8 18 20 45 15 2 3 10 10 25 15 2 5 8 10 20 -25 20

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.