Football preview: Javor Ivanjica favourites when IMT Novi Beograd visit

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Mon 02.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ivanjica

Javor Ivanjica and IMT Novi Beograd are both high-flying in the Prva Liga with their 3rd and 5th positions respectively. Let's hope for a top fixture!

Insights:
  • Javor Ivanjica have the the best goal difference (+24) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have the most scored goals (49) in Prva Liga

Javor Ivanjica is in the 3rd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Beograd have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 5th place no matter what happens.

It's no vacation for neither Javor Ivanjica nor IMT Novi Beograd 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.

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Javor Ivanjica form and stats

Javor Ivanjica are steadily winning Prva Liga games and points here at Stadion Ivanjica. 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Javor Ivanjica, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 227 minutes in the Prva Liga.

Ivanjica's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus IMT Novi Beograd.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Inđija.

A decent goal production from Javor Ivanjica in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 15 league matches. From these home matches, Javor Ivanjica have conceded only 12 goals.

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IMT Novi Beograd form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of IMT Novi Beograd playing as the away team in the Prva Liga this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Javor Ivanjica.

It's the second away game in a row for IMT Novi Beograd, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Javor Ivanjica last time out.

Before that, Beograd secured a home win against Žarkovo with the score 2-1.

IMT Novi Beograd are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 19 goals have been conceded by IMT Novi Beograd in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ivanjica - IMT Novi Beograd 1-2 was the output when these two contenders previously did battle, also in this season. These teams battled with nail and tooth when they met earlier this season. Both Obiora (Javor Ivanjica) and Stamenic (IMT Novi Beograd) were sent off. Last two meetings involving these squads: Ivanjica won one, IMT Novi Beograd were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters. One of the profiles has been Stevanovic with 2 goals scored against Javor Ivanjica in these 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Javor IvanjicaP. Ivelja
P. Ivelja
13 goals
IMT Novi BeogradV. Lučić
V. Lučić
10 goals
IMT Novi BeogradV. Radočaj
V. Radočaj
10 goals

Javor Ivanjica missing players

IMT Novi Beograd missing players

Javor Ivanjica IMT Novi Beograd
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 17 34
17 9 0 Won W 1 8 17
12 4 2 Drew D 1 5 10
5 4 2 Lost L 1 4 7
50 28 5 Scored S 3 26 61
24 14 8 Conceded C 6 19 31
79% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
65% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 74%
38% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 59% 53%
24% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 32%
9% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
41% 35% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 59% 50%
53% 53% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 32%
26% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 24% 26%
 
4.7 5.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 10.3 7.2 6.5
3.5 2.8 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.1 3.5
2.4 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 13.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.6 11.1
4.1 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 5.2
36% 37% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 35%
 
8 7.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 6.9 6.7
3 2.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 2.8 2.8
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • IMT Novi Beograd have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 (37) in Prva Liga
  • IMT Novi Beograd have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Javor Ivanjica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Javor Ivanjica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Javor Ivanjica have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Prva Liga
  • Javor Ivanjica have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 Inđija 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 Macva Sabac 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 Backa 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.