Prva Liga information and preview: Grafičar small front runner to overwhelm Zlatibor Čajetina

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Mon 28.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rajko Mitić - Jug veštačka trava (1000 seats)

Zlatibor Čajetina have rested up after their 1-1-match against Macva Sabac and are ready to face Grafičar. Get all the data!

Insights:
  • Grafičar have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Prva Liga
  • Zlatibor Čajetina have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Prva Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Grafičar form and stats

The story so far in the Prva Liga for Grafičar at their home stadium (Rajko Mitić - Jug veštačka trava) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. When Grafičar hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Timok, Kabel Novi Sad, Bačka Palanka, Grafičar and Rad Beograd), they have won 4 of 4 matches!

No payout for Grafičar in their previous match, an away game at Radnički Sr. Mitrovica that ended in defeat 0-1.

Before that, Grafičar had a home game versus Macva Sabac which ended with a victory 3-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Grafičar have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost two.

A decent goal production from Grafičar in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches.

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Zlatibor Čajetina form and stats

Zlatibor Čajetina have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Prva Liga, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

Zlatibor Čajetina's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Macva Sabac that finished 1-1.

A 0-0 draw at Zarkovo's stadium before that.

Zlatibor Čajetina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 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. In the opposite end, Zlatibor Čajetina have conceded 18 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other earlier this match year: Zlatibor Čajetina - Grafičar 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Grafičar zero wins, one draw and Zlatibor Čajetina two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zlatibor ČajetinaL. Čumić
L. Čumić
7 goals
GrafičarD. Vidić
D. Vidić
5 goals

Grafičar missing players

Zlatibor Čajetina missing players

Grafičar Zlatibor Čajetina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 12 26
9 7 4 Won W 1 2 8
4 3 0 Drew D 1 4 9
13 3 0 Lost L 2 6 9
38 24 12 Scored S 4 10 27
38 13 2 Conceded C 6 18 28
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 77%
85% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 58%
65% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 35%
27% 31% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
42% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 35%
27% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 42%
38% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 46%
 
4.6 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 3.5 4
4 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 5.8
2.3 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.7 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 6.7 7.7
4.6 5.2 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.6 3
32% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 36%
 
9.5 8.5 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.1 11.4
4.3 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.3 4.6
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Grafičar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grafičar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zlatibor Čajetina have scored away.
  • Grafičar have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Prva Liga
  • Grafičar have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Prva Liga
  • Zlatibor Čajetina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zlatibor Čajetina have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Prva 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 Inija 28 16 7 5 46 26 14 9 3 2 25 12 14 7 4 3 21 14 20 55
2 Mladost Novi Sad 28 15 8 5 33 17 14 8 3 3 20 10 14 7 5 2 13 7 16 53
3 Zeleznicar Pancevo 28 14 7 7 38 27 14 8 4 2 20 10 14 6 3 5 18 17 11 49
4 Javor Ivanjica 26 11 11 4 36 20 12 6 3 3 20 11 14 5 8 1 16 9 16 44
5 IMT Novi Beograd 27 11 10 6 39 26 14 6 5 3 22 10 13 5 5 3 17 16 13 43
6 Zarkovo 28 12 5 11 34 29 14 6 2 6 15 15 14 6 3 5 19 14 5 41
7 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 27 11 6 10 35 27 13 6 2 5 20 15 14 5 4 5 15 12 8 39
8 Loznica 27 10 8 9 26 22 13 7 3 3 18 8 14 3 5 6 8 14 4 38
9 Macva Sabac 28 10 8 10 25 31 14 7 2 5 15 14 14 3 6 5 10 17 -6 38
10 Buducnost Dobanovci 27 9 7 11 28 37 14 5 5 4 15 15 13 4 2 7 13 22 -9 34
11 Zlatibor Čajetina 26 8 9 9 27 28 14 6 5 3 17 10 12 2 4 6 10 18 -1 33
12 Grafičar 26 9 4 13 38 38 13 7 3 3 24 13 13 2 1 10 14 25 0 31
13 Bačka Palanka 26 6 12 8 21 28 13 3 7 3 11 10 13 3 5 5 10 18 -7 30
14 Rad Beograd 28 7 8 13 24 34 14 5 4 5 19 17 14 2 4 8 5 17 -10 29
15 Timok 28 7 6 15 27 35 14 2 5 7 12 12 14 5 1 8 15 23 -8 27
16 Kabel Novi Sad 28 1 6 21 12 64 14 0 5 9 5 29 14 1 1 12 7 35 -52 9

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.