Super Liga match prediction: Little separates Napredak and Radnički Niš in quality

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Competition: Serbia Super Liga
Competition: Thu 23.February
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Mladost (10331 seats)

Napredak - Radnički Niš: Super Liga cellar dwellers desperate for points and glory. Read all the relevant statistics and news before the game!

Insights:
  • Napredak is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Radnički Niš have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Super Liga

Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their last competitive action. Let's wish for an in-your-face fixture!

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Napredak form and stats

Napredak have collected 15 points from their Super Liga home games so far after 4-3-4. When Napredak hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Napredak, Radnik Surdulica, Spartak Subotica, Mladost Novi Sad and Mladost Lučani), they have won 2 of 2 matches! It's trouble wherever Napredak are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Napredak are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 335 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Saric).

The Napredak club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Mladost: A 0-1 defeat against Novi Pazar (placed 6th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Backa Topola (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Napredak have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3.

It should be noted that a glance at the 13 most recent league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Napredak aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Mladost in the league, with only {9 goals} from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 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 8 from 11 matches. Napredak has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Radnički Niš form and stats

Radnički Niš have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Super Liga, after 2-3-6 (11 played).

Radnički Niš are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Super Liga. Radnički Niš have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dragan Rosic. It's been 230 minutes since they last conceded in Super Liga.

There were no winners in Radnički's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Radnik Surdulica (placed 16th).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Novi Pazar that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Radnički Niš playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Radnički Niš wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Radnički Niš when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 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 20 goals conceded from these games. When Radnički Niš is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Radnik Surdulica, Spartak Subotica, Mladost Novi Sad, Radnički Niš and Mladost Lučani.

Head 2 Head

Radnički Niš have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Napredak.

The sides have met each other previously this season, with the match result Radnički Niš - Napredak 3-2 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

NapredakM. Šarić
M. Šarić
4 goals
NapredakN. Bastajić
N. Bastajić
3 goals
Radnički NišS. Marjanović
S. Marjanović
3 goals

Napredak missing players

Radnički Niš missing players

Napredak Radnički Niš
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 22
5 4 2 Won W 1 2 5
4 3 0 Drew D 1 3 7
13 4 0 Lost L 0 6 10
16 9 2 Scored S 5 9 25
25 8 0 Conceded C 3 20 39
82% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
41% 27% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 82%
32% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 64%
18% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 45% 41%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
27% 9% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 27% 50%
36% 64% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
55% 55% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 64% 41%
 
4.8 5.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 5
4.4 2.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.4 5
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.1 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
8.1 9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.5 9.3
3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 3.5 3.6
25% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 31%
 
10.4 8.9 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 11.1 10.6
4.5 3.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.6 4.5
Key stats in Super Liga this season:
  • Napredak have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super Liga
  • Napredak have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Napredak have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Napredak is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Radnički Niš have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Radnički Niš have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Super Liga
  • Radnički Niš have the most matches over the total-line (14) 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 22 19 3 0 60 8 11 9 2 0 34 3 11 10 1 0 26 5 52 60
2 Partizan 22 15 4 3 49 20 11 6 3 2 23 12 11 9 1 1 26 8 29 49
3 Backa Topola 22 13 6 3 39 15 11 7 2 2 20 7 11 6 4 1 19 8 24 45
4 Cukaricki 22 12 5 5 41 26 11 7 2 2 21 13 11 5 3 3 20 13 15 41
5 Vojvodina 22 10 8 4 33 20 11 7 2 2 17 7 11 3 6 2 16 13 13 38
6 Novi Pazar 22 11 5 6 30 20 11 6 3 2 16 9 11 5 2 4 14 11 10 38
7 Voždovac 22 10 4 8 18 29 11 6 2 3 10 14 11 4 2 5 8 15 -11 34
8 Radnicki Kragujevac 22 7 5 10 20 21 11 4 2 5 10 9 11 3 3 5 10 12 -1 26
9 Kolubara 22 7 5 10 18 38 11 6 3 2 14 14 11 1 2 8 4 24 -20 26
10 Javor Ivanjica 22 6 5 11 24 41 11 4 1 6 9 16 11 2 4 5 15 25 -17 23
11 Radnički Niš 22 5 7 10 25 39 11 3 4 4 16 19 11 2 3 6 9 20 -14 22
12 Napredak 22 5 4 13 16 25 11 4 3 4 9 8 11 1 1 9 7 17 -9 19
13 Mladost Lučani 22 4 7 11 28 41 11 4 4 3 20 17 11 0 3 8 8 24 -13 19
14 Spartak Subotica 22 4 6 12 17 31 11 3 4 4 15 14 11 1 2 8 2 17 -14 18
15 Mladost Novi Sad 22 4 4 14 17 37 11 2 1 8 9 22 11 2 3 6 8 15 -20 16
16 Radnik Surdulica 22 2 6 14 15 39 11 2 4 5 8 15 11 0 2 9 7 24 -24 12

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.