IMT Novi Beograd and Žarkovo fans eagerly anticipate Prva Liga clash at Stadion FK IMT

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK IMT (32170 seats)

Prva Liga: Two contenders in good shape get together for this fixture. Žarkovo might have a tiny advantage with their 3rd position in the league table?

Insights:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Žarkovo have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Prva Liga

IMT Novi Beograd and Žarkovo 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.

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IMT Novi Beograd form and stats

IMT Novi Beograd have collected 5 points from their Prva Liga home games so far after 1-2-2. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Beograd to get some points in this home game.

U. Stamenić was the last player to score a league goal for IMT Novi Beograd and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as IMT Novi Beograd haven't scored in 306 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager I. Šimičić led his Beograd to a defeat in the Prva Liga match away at Inđija. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion FK IMT. As you see from the result above, Beograd suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Preceding that match was the home game against Javor Ivanjica that was lost 0-1.

The lack of attacking qualities in Beograd means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. As for guarding their own goal, Beograd have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Žarkovo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Prva Liga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Žarkovo go into this game after a win, the home game against Timok that ended 2-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Zlatibor Cajetina at their stadium, the result 5-0.

Žarkovo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 5 goals have been conceded by Žarkovo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Beograd wins - draws - Žarkovo wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ŽarkovoM. Zuvic
M. Zuvic
6 goals
IMT Novi BeogradV. Lučić
V. Lučić
3 goals
ŽarkovoD. Gojkov
D. Gojkov
3 goals

IMT Novi Beograd missing players

Žarkovo missing players

IMT Novi Beograd Žarkovo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 5 12
4 1 0 Won W 0 2 7
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
5 2 2 Lost L 0 2 4
11 2 0 Scored S 1 9 19
12 2 2 Conceded C 1 5 11
83% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 58%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 20% 33%
33% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 42%
58% 80% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 25%
 
6.8 6.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 10 4.6 3.6
3.2 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.1
1.2 0.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.7 7 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.6 9.6
4.2 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 3.9
22% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 40%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Žarkovo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Žarkovo have scored at least twice as many goals away as IMT Novi Beograd have scored home.
  • Žarkovo have the most scored goals in the second half (13) 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 Inđija 12 9 2 1 25 8 7 6 1 0 18 5 5 3 1 1 7 3 17 29
2 Mladost Novi Sad 12 8 3 1 13 5 5 5 0 0 9 1 7 3 3 1 4 4 8 27
3 Žarkovo 12 7 1 4 19 11 7 5 0 2 10 6 5 2 1 2 9 5 8 22
4 Javor Ivanjica 12 6 3 3 16 8 7 4 1 2 11 4 5 2 2 1 5 4 8 21
5 Mačva Šabac 11 6 3 2 15 11 6 5 0 1 10 5 5 1 3 1 5 6 4 21
6 Zeleznicar Pancevo 11 5 2 4 17 13 5 3 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 7 8 4 17
7 Rad Beograd 12 4 4 4 12 15 7 3 3 1 10 8 5 1 1 3 2 7 -3 16
8 IMT Novi Beograd 12 4 3 5 11 12 5 1 2 2 2 2 7 3 1 3 9 10 -1 15
9 Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica 11 4 2 5 17 15 6 3 0 3 13 9 5 1 2 2 4 6 2 14
10 Budućnost Dobanovci 12 4 2 6 14 23 5 2 1 2 9 10 7 2 1 4 5 13 -9 14
11 Backa Palanka 11 3 3 5 4 8 6 1 3 2 1 2 5 2 0 3 3 6 -4 12
12 Loznica 10 3 2 5 10 11 5 3 1 1 9 4 5 0 1 4 1 7 -1 11
13 Timok 12 3 2 7 16 19 5 2 2 1 9 3 7 1 0 6 7 16 -3 11
14 Zlatibor Cajetina 11 1 6 4 6 13 6 1 3 2 2 6 5 0 3 2 4 7 -7 9
15 Graficar 9 2 1 6 15 18 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 1 0 4 11 13 -3 7
16 Kabel Novi Sad 12 1 3 8 5 25 5 0 2 3 2 11 7 1 1 5 3 14 -20 6

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.