All the pressure is on Mačva Šabac before Kabel Novi Sad game

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Kabel (2000 seats)

Faithful supporters at Stadion FK Kabel haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with Kabel Novi Sad lying uncomfortably in the 16th position. The visiting Mačva Šabac will attempt to shield their higher league position in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals (12) in Prva Liga
  • Mačva Šabac have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Kabel Novi Sad have had a bad season and will be relegated from Prva Liga. Mačva Šabac have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 9th place no matter what happens.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Prva Liga game only four days ago.

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Kabel Novi Sad form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Prva Liga this season. Kabel Novi Sad have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Stadion FK Kabel. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 19 attempts.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 798 minutes without scoring a league goal. Kokanović was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Belic led his Kabel Novi Sad to a defeat away at Grafičar. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion FK Kabel. Kabel were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Javor Ivanjica.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Kabel Novi Sad have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost six from six games. four defeats by at least two goals.

The lack of attacking qualities in Kabel Novi Sad means that they have only scored 5 goals in 15 league home games, less than half a goal per match. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Kabel Novi Sad with 32 goals conceded in these matches.

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Mačva Šabac form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mačva Šabac so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-6 (win-draw-lose).

181 minutes! That's how long the Mačva goalkeeper Filip Samurovic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Tojčić secured the home win 1-0 against Timok in their previous game.

A draw for Mačva Šabac before that, at their own venue hosting Mladost Novi Sad (0-0).

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mačva Šabac struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other earlier on this campaign: Kabel Novi Sad - Mačva Šabac 0-0. Kabel Novi Sad-Mačva Šabac H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Kabel zero wins, Mačva Šabac one win, one draw. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Mačva ŠabacM. Mićanović
M. Mićanović
4 goals
Mačva ŠabacM. Pešić
M. Pešić
3 goals
Mačva ŠabacM. Adamović
M. Adamović
3 goals

Kabel Novi Sad missing players

Mačva Šabac missing players

Kabel Novi Sad Mačva Šabac
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 11
6 5 1 Drew D 3 6 9
24 10 3 Lost L 0 6 11
12 5 2 Scored S 4 11 27
76 32 12 Conceded C 2 23 37
90% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 80% 84%
77% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 67% 58%
58% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 32%
32% 13% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 16%
19% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
29% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 35%
10% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 42%
71% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 40% 39%
 
2.4 2.3 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.9 4.2
5.3 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.4 4.8
2.5 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.9 2.6
7 5 3 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
5.1 4.9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 7.9 9.8
1.8 1.3 0.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.9 3.7
22% 26% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 25%
 
12.9 11.9 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 10.4 9.9
6.1 5.5 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest points (5) at home in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals (12) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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 (32) at home in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals (71) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals in the first half (37) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the the worst goal difference (-27) at home in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the the worst goal difference (-59) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have yet to win a game at home.
  • Kabel Novi Sad is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Mačva Šabac have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Mačva Šabac have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mačva Šabac have scored more than double the goals of Kabel Novi Sad.

  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 Zeleznicar Pancevo 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

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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.