Prva Liga prediction: IMT Novi Beograd should edge out Kabel Novi Sad on their own turf

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK IMT (32170 seats)

IMT Novi Beograd have accomplished 4 home victories up until now, Kabel Novi Sad have won 1 away. Which team upgrades their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most points from losing position (12) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals (11) in Prva Liga

IMT Novi Beograd have less rest than Kabel Novi Sad in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Prva Liga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Železničar Pančevo, so at least Beograd are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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IMT Novi Beograd form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what IMT Novi Beograd have to build on here at Stadion FK IMT in the Prva Liga.

It's back home for IMT Novi Beograd, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Železničar Pančevo away with the result 2-1. Radočaj and Stefanović found the net in that victory.

Ahead of that match, IMT Novi Beograd won a home game hosting Buducnost Dobanovci (3-2).

IMT Novi Beograd are traveling soon after this match as the Prva Liga match at Loznica awaits in three days.

Beograd has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, IMT Novi Beograd have conceded only 7 goals.

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Kabel Novi Sad form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kabel Novi Sad so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-9 (win-draw-lose). Kabel Novi Sad are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica fixture.

Kabel Novi Sad haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

Kabel might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Timok proved too strong as Kabel Novi Sad slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion FK Kabel (Novi Sad).

A 0-7 defeat away at Zlatibor Cajetina before that.

With the hosts stated as having a victory probability of approximately 80% by the bookies, any useful result for the visitors would be a small shock. Researching historical matches with similar odds and Kabel Novi Sad as the away team, we found eight results. The data from these were two away wins, one draw and five defeats. The outsiders lost four of these fixtures by a margin of at least two goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Kabel Novi Sad are hosting Mladost Novi Sad in the Prva Liga only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kabel as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. Kabel Novi Sad are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides get together this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Kabel Novi Sad - IMT Novi Beograd 0-3. Data for the prior three meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Beograd, zero draws and two wins for Kabel Novi Sad. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

IMT Novi BeogradV. Lučić
V. Lučić
5 goals
IMT Novi BeogradS. Stefanović
S. Stefanović
4 goals
IMT Novi BeogradA. Lazović
A. Lazović
4 goals

IMT Novi Beograd missing players

Kabel Novi Sad missing players

IMT Novi Beograd Kabel Novi Sad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
8 4 3 Won W 1 1 1
8 4 1 Drew D 1 1 6
6 3 0 Lost L 1 9 15
27 14 10 Scored S 3 6 11
20 7 2 Conceded C 3 29 50
86% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 86%
64% 55% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 82% 82%
36% 27% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 55%
18% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 27%
9% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 18%
41% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 36%
32% 45% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 14%
41% 45% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 73% 64%
 
7.5 6.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.3 2.4
3.5 3.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 4.5 5.1
2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.5 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 7
 
10.8 11.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 4.7 5.2
4.5 4.8 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.4 2
27% 26% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 23% 26%
 
6 6.5 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.5 12.7
2.9 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 6.5 6
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have created more than twice as many corners as Kabel Novi Sad.
  • IMT Novi Beograd have scored more than double the goals of Kabel Novi Sad.
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most points from losing position (12) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Kabel Novi Sad have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Kabel Novi Sad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals (11) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals (29) away in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals (50) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the the worst goal difference (-39) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 23 15 5 3 41 20 11 8 2 1 22 9 12 7 3 2 19 11 21 50
2 Javor Ivanjica 23 11 9 3 35 18 11 6 3 2 19 9 12 5 6 1 16 9 17 42
3 Mladost Novi Sad 22 12 6 4 25 14 11 7 1 3 18 9 11 5 5 1 7 5 11 42
4 Železničar Pančevo 22 10 6 6 32 25 11 6 3 2 17 10 11 4 3 4 15 15 7 36
5 Zarkovo 23 11 2 10 30 24 11 6 0 5 13 10 12 5 2 5 17 14 6 35
6 Loznica 23 9 6 8 25 21 11 6 3 2 17 7 12 3 3 6 8 14 4 33
7 Macva Sabac 23 9 6 8 22 25 12 6 1 5 13 14 11 3 5 3 9 11 -3 33
8 IMT Novi Beograd 22 8 8 6 27 20 11 4 4 3 14 7 11 4 4 3 13 13 7 32
9 Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica 23 8 6 9 28 26 11 4 2 5 17 15 12 4 4 4 11 11 2 30
10 Backa Palanka 23 6 11 6 20 23 12 3 7 2 11 8 11 3 4 4 9 15 -3 29
11 Rad Beograd 22 7 7 8 23 26 11 5 4 2 18 12 11 2 3 6 5 14 -3 28
12 Buducnost Dobanovci 23 7 6 10 26 35 12 4 4 4 14 15 11 3 2 6 12 20 -9 27
13 Zlatibor Cajetina 22 6 7 9 24 27 11 4 4 3 14 9 11 2 3 6 10 18 -3 25
14 Graficar 23 7 4 12 32 37 12 6 3 3 21 13 11 1 1 9 11 24 -5 25
15 Timok 23 5 3 15 24 34 12 2 3 7 12 12 11 3 0 8 12 22 -10 18
16 Kabel Novi Sad 22 1 6 15 11 50 11 0 5 6 5 21 11 1 1 9 6 29 -39 9

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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.