IMT Novi Beograd welcome Žarkovo as obvious favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK IMT (32170 seats)

The table shows that 7 points split the pair of two sets of gladiators in this Prva Liga fixture. IMT Novi Beograd carry both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most scored goals (49) in Prva Liga

IMT Novi Beograd is in the 5th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Žarkovo have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 7th place no matter what happens.

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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IMT Novi Beograd form and stats

The Prva Liga statistics playing at home this season for IMT Novi Beograd are 7-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Beograd tasted defeat here at Stadion FK IMT, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

IMT Novi Beograd are confident in defense, having played 229 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for IMT Novi Beograd against Loznica the last match, as Lučić, Radočaj (2) and Stevanović were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Beograd played a great game against Loznica and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Radočaj, having found the net in four matches in a row.

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Radnički Sr. Mitrovica.

The IMT Novi Beograd fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 15 league matches. IMT Novi Beograd are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion FK IMT in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Žarkovo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Prva Liga travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Radnički Sr. Mitrovica in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

Before that, Žarkovo secured a home win against Loznica with the score 1-0.

Žarkovo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Žarkovo in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled before this season: Žarkovo - IMT Novi Beograd 2-2. IMT Novi Beograd-Žarkovo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Beograd three wins, Žarkovo three wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

IMT Novi BeogradV. Radočaj
V. Radočaj
10 goals
IMT Novi BeogradV. Lučić
V. Lučić
9 goals
ŽarkovoD. Dostanic
D. Dostanic
7 goals

IMT Novi Beograd missing players

Žarkovo missing players

IMT Novi Beograd Žarkovo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
15 8 4 Won W 0 6 13
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 7
7 3 0 Lost L 3 6 12
58 33 17 Scored S 4 20 37
30 11 2 Conceded C 8 17 33
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
75% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 66%
53% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 38%
34% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 19% 16%
16% 25% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 6%
50% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 31%
31% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 41%
28% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 34%
 
6.6 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 4
3.6 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.1 4.5
1.9 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
11.2 12.2 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 7.5 8.2
5.3 5.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 3.7
34% 35% 49% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 33% 32%
 
6.8 6.6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.8 9
2.9 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.9
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most points from losing position (19) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most scored goals (49) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the the best goal difference (+17) at home 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 30 17 7 6 48 29 15 9 3 3 26 15 15 8 4 3 22 14 19 58
2 Mladost Novi Sad 30 16 9 5 35 17 15 9 3 3 22 10 15 7 6 2 13 7 18 57
3 Javor Ivanjica 30 15 11 4 46 22 15 9 3 3 27 12 15 6 8 1 19 10 24 56
4 Železničar Pančevo 30 15 7 8 42 31 15 8 4 3 21 13 15 7 3 5 21 18 11 52
5 IMT Novi Beograd 30 13 10 7 49 30 15 7 5 3 28 11 15 6 5 4 21 19 19 49
6 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 30 13 7 10 39 29 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 6 4 5 17 13 10 46
7 Žarkovo 30 12 6 12 35 32 15 6 3 6 16 16 15 6 3 6 19 16 3 42
8 Loznica 30 11 8 11 29 26 15 8 3 4 21 11 15 3 5 7 8 15 3 41
9 Mačva Šabac 30 10 9 11 26 37 15 7 3 5 15 14 15 3 6 6 11 23 -11 39
10 Grafičar 30 10 5 15 44 43 15 8 3 4 30 17 15 2 2 11 14 26 1 35
11 Rad Beograd 30 9 8 13 28 34 15 6 4 5 20 17 15 3 4 8 8 17 -6 35
12 Budućnost Dobanovci 30 9 8 13 30 41 15 5 5 5 15 16 15 4 3 8 15 25 -11 35
13 Zlatibor Čajetina 30 8 10 12 28 35 15 6 6 3 17 10 15 2 4 9 11 25 -7 34
14 Timok 30 9 6 15 29 35 15 3 5 7 13 12 15 6 1 8 16 23 -6 33
15 Bačka Palanka 30 6 15 9 22 30 15 3 8 4 11 11 15 3 7 5 11 19 -8 33
16 Kabel Novi Sad 30 1 6 23 12 71 15 0 5 10 5 32 15 1 1 13 7 39 -59 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.