Prva Liga match preview: IMT Novi Beograd versus Sloga Kraljevo

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 19.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK IMT (32170 seats)

Welcome to Stadion FK IMT and the game between IMT Novi Beograd and Sloga Kraljevo in the Prva Liga. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Sloga Kraljevo have the fewest points (5) away in Prva Liga

It's no vacation for neither Beograd nor Sloga Kraljevo 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.

Beograd are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 4th place whatever happens now. Kraljevo are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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IMT Novi Beograd form and stats

Overall Prva Liga stats at home this season for IMT Novi Beograd are 9-1-6 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager G. Dragoljić led his Beograd to a defeat in the Prva Liga match away at Dubocica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion FK IMT.

Preceding that match was the home game against Železničar Pančevo that was lost 1-3.

IMT Novi Beograd has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. From these home matches, IMT Novi Beograd have conceded only 15 goals.

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Sloga Kraljevo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sloga Kraljevo, who have the fewest points (5) away in Prva Liga, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-13 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

Kraljevo failed to get anything from their last game, a Prva Liga home match vs Grafičar (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-3.

Prior to that match, the Kraljevo manager M. Đurović faced defeat when travelling to Radnički Sr. Mitrovica and losing 0-1.

Kraljevo are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 16 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kraljevo have conceded 30 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sloga Kraljevo - Beograd 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

IMT Novi BeogradO. Dimitrić
O. Dimitrić
7 goals

IMT Novi Beograd missing players

Sloga Kraljevo missing players

IMT Novi Beograd Sloga Kraljevo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
17 9 3 Won W 0 1 5
6 1 1 Drew D 0 2 11
10 6 1 Lost L 5 13 17
51 23 6 Scored S 2 6 23
34 15 1 Conceded C 11 30 47
91% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 85%
73% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 64%
48% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 36%
30% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 21%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
42% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 42%
39% 50% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
27% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 62% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.3 3.2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
9.5 10.9 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.2 8.5
4.3 4.8 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.2 2.6
36% 30% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 18% 28%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have scored more than double the goals of Sloga Kraljevo.
  • Sloga Kraljevo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sloga Kraljevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sloga Kraljevo have the fewest points (5) away in Prva Liga
  • Sloga Kraljevo have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Prva Liga
  • Sloga Kraljevo have the the worst goal difference (-24) away 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 Radnički Kragujevac 33 19 9 5 48 24 16 14 2 0 33 7 17 5 7 5 15 17 24 66
2 Kolubara 33 20 6 7 49 30 17 13 3 1 26 11 16 7 3 6 23 19 19 66
3 Kabel Novi Sad 33 17 11 5 39 18 16 7 6 3 19 11 17 10 5 2 20 7 21 62
4 IMT Novi Beograd 33 17 6 10 51 34 16 9 1 6 23 15 17 8 5 4 28 19 17 57
5 Loznica 33 14 9 10 54 40 17 8 5 4 40 24 16 6 4 6 14 16 14 51
6 Budućnost Dobanovci 33 14 8 11 39 35 17 9 5 3 22 12 16 5 3 8 17 23 4 50
7 Žarkovo 33 15 5 13 33 34 16 9 2 5 16 13 17 6 3 8 17 21 -1 50
8 Grafičar 33 12 12 9 44 34 16 7 6 3 26 14 17 5 6 6 18 20 10 48
9 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 33 13 6 14 37 29 17 6 4 7 21 17 16 7 2 7 16 12 8 45
10 Železničar Pančevo 33 13 5 15 38 41 17 8 3 6 20 17 16 5 2 9 18 24 -3 44
11 Dinamo Vranje 33 11 6 16 38 48 16 8 1 7 24 22 17 3 5 9 14 26 -10 39
12 Dubocica 33 9 12 12 30 42 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 2 7 7 10 25 -12 39
13 Radnički Pirot 33 9 9 15 31 46 16 6 5 5 14 16 17 3 4 10 17 30 -15 36
14 Borac Čačak 33 11 8 14 36 35 16 6 3 7 17 14 17 5 5 7 19 21 1 35
15 Trajal Krusevac 33 9 7 17 29 42 17 7 2 8 18 20 16 2 5 9 11 22 -13 34
16 Jagodina 33 7 14 12 28 44 17 4 9 4 17 18 16 3 5 8 11 26 -16 29
17 Zemun 33 7 6 20 23 47 16 5 4 7 14 18 17 2 2 13 9 29 -24 27
18 Sloga Kraljevo 33 5 11 17 23 47 17 4 9 4 17 17 16 1 2 13 6 30 -24 26

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.