First League match prediction and preview for Mladost Ljeskopolje vs Iskra clash

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Competition: Montenegro First League
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: DG Arena (1200 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Mladost Ljeskopolje are in the 4th position while the guesting Iskra worry at 7th.

Insights:
  • Mladost Ljeskopolje have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Iskra have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in First League

Mladost Ljeskopolje and Iskra should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Iskra have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-1-0 (win-draw-loss) from one match.

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Mladost Ljeskopolje form and stats

7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the First League numbers at home for Mladost Ljeskopolje so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Ljeskopolje, who won 2-1 against Budućnost (placed 1st). Preceding that match was the home game against Petrovac that was lost 0-1.

The Mladost Ljeskopolje fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Ljeskopolje have conceded 15 goals.

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Iskra form and stats

There's been little loot from Iskra's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the First League. Iskra only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws. Sharing is caring, but Iskra are perhaps overdoing it with their five draws in a row. Two points from the last two away games for Iskra, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Iskra aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. V. Rogosic was the last player to find the net. Iskra have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marko Kordic. It's been 253 minutes since they last conceded in First League.

Iskra played 0-0 against Sutjeska in their previous match. A 0-0 draw at Dečić's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Iskra when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 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. 16 goals have been conceded by Iskra in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Iskra - Ljeskopolje 1-0. Last six meetings between the teams: Ljeskopolje won zero, Iskra won two and four draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mladost LjeskopoljeŠ. Kordić
Š. Kordić
11 goals
IskraI. Vuković
I. Vuković
6 goals
LjeskopoljeN. Čelebić
N. Čelebić
4 goals

Mladost Ljeskopolje missing players

Iskra missing players

Mladost Ljeskopolje Iskra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 4 15 30
12 7 4 Won W 2 3 8
7 3 0 Drew D 1 6 14
11 5 2 Lost L 1 6 8
33 19 8 Scored S 3 11 24
29 15 6 Conceded C 4 16 25
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 77%
63% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 53%
37% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 20% 20%
10% 13% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
43% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 27% 33%
27% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 40% 43%
33% 27% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.4 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.6 7.1 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.5 7
3.4 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 2.8
35% 43% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 29% 28%
Key stats in First League this season:
  • Iskra have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in First League
  • Mladost Ljeskopolje have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mladost Ljeskopolje haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Budućnost 30 23 3 4 52 21 15 11 2 2 25 11 15 12 1 2 27 10 31 72
2 Sutjeska 30 12 11 7 46 30 15 6 5 4 25 19 15 6 6 3 21 11 16 47
3 Dečić 30 11 13 6 33 23 15 7 5 3 16 11 15 4 8 3 17 12 10 46
4 Mladost Ljeskopolje 30 12 7 11 33 29 15 7 3 5 19 15 15 5 4 6 14 14 4 43
5 Rudar 30 12 5 13 35 40 15 7 2 6 21 20 15 5 3 7 14 20 -5 41
6 Zeta 30 11 7 12 26 29 15 4 2 9 9 18 15 7 5 3 17 11 -3 39
7 Iskra 30 8 14 8 24 25 15 5 8 2 13 9 15 3 6 6 11 16 -1 38
8 Jezero 29 9 6 14 20 28 14 4 3 7 8 14 15 5 3 7 12 14 -8 33
9 Mladost 29 5 8 16 17 43 15 4 6 5 8 17 14 1 2 11 9 26 -26 23
10 Petrovac 30 4 10 16 22 40 15 2 6 7 10 20 15 2 4 9 12 20 -18 22