Grafičar contests Žarkovo in Prva Liga fray

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Partizana (32170 seats)

The guesting Žarkovo side are probably odds-on favourites at Grafičar, as the guests hold a 12 point edge from their eight league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Grafičar have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Prva Liga
  • Žarkovo have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Prva Liga

It's no vacation for neither Grafičar nor Žarkovo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Grafičar form and stats

Grafičar have played three Prva Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Grafičar to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Grafičar will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-5 away loss in the Prva Liga game against Inija (placed 1st). Did Grafičar get overconfident in their match against Inija? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 3-5 defeat. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Preceding that match was the home game against Javor Ivanjica that was lost 1-2.

The lack of attacking qualities in Grafičar means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Grafičar have conceded 5 from these games.

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Žarkovo form and stats

Things could have gone better for Žarkovo in their Prva Liga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Žarkovo failed to get anything from their last game, a Prva Liga home match vs Mačva Šabac (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-3.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Radnički Sr. Mitrovica.

Žarkovo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Žarkovo as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Grafičar victories, one draw and five Žarkovo wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ŽarkovoM. Zuvic
M. Zuvic
5 goals
GrafičarD. Vidić
D. Vidić
2 goals
GrafičarL. Ibáñez
L. Ibáñez
2 goals

Grafičar missing players

Žarkovo missing players

Grafičar Žarkovo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 3 8
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 5
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
11 1 1 Scored S 3 4 12
16 5 2 Conceded C 0 2 6
86% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 62%
86% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 50%
43% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
43% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 38%
14% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
29% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 12%
 
5.1 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.3 3.1
4 4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.1
1.9 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 8 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.3 8.1
4.3 2 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4 3
37% 17% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 50%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Grafičar have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Prva Liga
  • Grafičar have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Prva Liga
  • Grafičar have yet to win a game at home.
  • Žarkovo have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Prva Liga
  • Žarkovo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Žarkovo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inija 8 6 1 1 17 7 5 4 1 0 11 4 3 2 0 1 6 3 10 19
2 Mačva Šabac 8 5 2 1 13 7 4 4 0 0 8 1 4 1 2 1 5 6 6 17
3 Mladost Novi Sad 8 5 2 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 4 1 5 2 2 1 2 3 2 17
4 Žarkovo 8 5 1 2 12 6 5 4 0 1 8 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 6 16
5 Javor Ivanjica 8 4 2 2 13 7 5 3 1 1 9 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 14
6 IMT Novi Beograd 8 3 3 2 9 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 1 9 5 3 12
7 Rad Beograd 8 3 3 2 7 9 5 2 3 0 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 -2 12
8 Zeleznicar Pancevo 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 2 1 1 8 5 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 11
9 Loznica 7 3 1 3 8 6 4 3 0 1 8 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 10
10 Timok 8 3 1 4 14 13 3 2 1 0 8 1 5 1 0 4 6 12 1 10
11 Zlatibor Cajetina 8 1 5 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 8
12 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 8 2 2 4 10 11 4 2 0 2 9 5 4 0 2 2 1 6 -1 8
13 Backa Palanka 8 2 1 5 3 8 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 3 2 6 -5 7
14 Buducnost Dobanovci 8 2 1 5 7 16 3 1 1 1 6 6 5 1 0 4 1 10 -9 7
15 Grafičar 7 1 1 5 11 16 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1 0 3 10 11 -5 4
16 Kabel Novi Sad 8 0 2 6 2 17 4 0 1 3 2 11 4 0 1 3 0 6 -15 2

Read more about Prva Liga

The Serbian First League (or Prva Liga Srbije or just PLS) is the second highest football league in Serbia. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away, making 30 fixtures in the regular season. After this the league table splits in two, the championship round and the relegation round.