Home advantage could prove decisive in Radnički Niš - Javor Ivanjica battle

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Competition: Serbia Super Liga
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski Stadion Čair (18151 seats)

Important face-off in the lower part of the Super Liga, with both Radnički Niš and Javor Ivanjica experiencing more worry than delight. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 12th and the visitors in 11th position.

Insights:
  • Radnički Niš have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Super Liga
  • Javor Ivanjica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Radnički Niš form and stats

Radnički Niš's struggle is real here at Gradski Stadion Čair with only 13 points collected from 14 Super Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-7. When Radnički Niš hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Radnik Surdulica, Spartak Subotica, Mladost Novi Sad, Radnički Niš and Mladost Lucani), they have won 2 of 4 matches! With Radnički having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Lalatović.

Radnički Niš haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 236 minutes ago. Petrov scored that one.

In their previous game, the manager Lalatović led his Radnički Niš to a defeat away at Radnicki Kragujevac. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gradski Stadion Čair.

Ahead of that match, Radnički Niš lost 0-2 at home to Cukaricki.

Not much happening? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Radnički has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches.

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Javor Ivanjica form and stats

Javor Ivanjica have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Super Liga, after 3-5-6 (14 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Javor Ivanjica in their previous game as they lost hosting Cukaricki, 1-2. That loss was their first after four consecutive league games winning points.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Vozdovac with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Ivanjica have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 0 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Javor Ivanjica have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Javor Ivanjica struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Javor Ivanjica is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Radnik Surdulica, Spartak Subotica, Mladost Novi Sad, Javor Ivanjica and Mladost Lucani.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H game ended Javor Ivanjica - Radnički 0-2, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Radnički Niš wins - draws - Javor Ivanjica wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Javor IvanjicaP. Gigić
P. Gigić
9 goals
Javor IvanjicaN. Campbell
N. Campbell
4 goals
RadničkiS. Marjanović
S. Marjanović
3 goals

Radnički Niš missing players

Javor Ivanjica missing players

Radnički Niš Javor Ivanjica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
6 3 2 Won W 1 3 7
8 4 2 Drew D 2 5 8
15 7 0 Lost L 1 6 14
29 19 6 Scored S 6 16 28
51 28 2 Conceded C 8 26 48
90% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 90%
76% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 69%
55% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 57% 48%
38% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 50% 31%
14% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 36% 17%
45% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 48%
21% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 17%
45% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 45%
 
4.8 5.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.3 3.2
4.6 4.4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.3 3.5
2.1 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 2.7
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.9 10.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.6 8
3.4 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4 3.4
30% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 29% 28%
 
9.8 10.4 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 14.4 11.8
4.1 4.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.8 4.9
Key stats in Super Liga this season:
  • Javor Ivanjica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Javor Ivanjica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Radnički Niš have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Radnički Niš have the most conceded goals (28) at home 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 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 29 18 5 6 55 31 14 10 2 2 28 14 15 8 3 4 27 17 24 59
4 Partizan 29 17 6 6 57 27 15 7 5 3 27 16 14 10 1 3 30 11 30 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 29 8 7 14 22 30 15 5 6 4 13 10 14 3 1 10 9 20 -8 31
11 Javor Ivanjica 29 7 8 14 28 48 15 4 3 8 12 22 14 3 5 6 16 26 -20 29
12 Radnički Niš 29 6 8 15 29 51 14 3 4 7 19 28 15 3 4 8 10 23 -22 26
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 Lucani 30 4 11 15 32 52 15 4 5 6 21 24 15 0 6 9 11 28 -20 23
15 Radnik Surdulica 29 4 8 17 20 44 14 3 5 6 10 16 15 1 3 11 10 28 -24 20
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.