Mačva Šabac favourites for feisty fight facing Bačka Palanka

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Fri 18.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Mačva (8000 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Mačva Šabac in this fixture vs Bačka Palanka, but the away team will fight to the finish. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Mačva Šabac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bačka Palanka have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Prva Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Mačva Šabac form and stats

Mačva Šabac have collected 19 points from their Prva Liga home games so far after 6-1-5. It's trouble wherever Mačva are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Kukuličić was the last player to score a league goal for Mačva Šabac and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Mačva Šabac haven't scored in 342 minutes.

Mačva are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Graficar.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mačva Šabac handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and three defeats.

The Mačva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Bačka Palanka form and stats

Playing away, Bačka Palanka have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Prva Liga this season. It's three draws from Bačka Palanka's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Home advantage was not enough for Bačka Palanka in their previous game as they lost hosting Zarkovo, 0-2.

A 1-1 draw at Inija's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Bačka Palanka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, three draws and one defeat.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by Palanka in these games.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the participants met earlier this season; Bačka Palanka - Mačva Šabac 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Mačva Šabac wins - draws - Bačka Palanka wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mačva ŠabacM. Mićanović
M. Mićanović
3 goals
MačvaN. Stevanović
N. Stevanović
3 goals
Bačka PalankaS. Karišić
S. Karišić
3 goals

Mačva Šabac missing players

Bačka Palanka missing players

Mačva Šabac Bačka Palanka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
9 6 4 Won W 1 3 6
6 1 0 Drew D 0 5 12
10 5 0 Lost L 2 4 7
22 13 7 Scored S 1 10 21
30 14 0 Conceded C 6 16 26
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 84%
60% 58% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 60%
36% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 24%
16% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 20%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
36% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 32%
40% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 44%
 
4.1 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.5 3.3
4.7 4.1 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.5 4.2
2.7 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.3 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
9.8 11.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.8 8
3.6 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.3 3.3
25% 25% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 25%
 
9.5 9.4 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 9.4 8.7
3.4 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 4
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Bačka Palanka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bačka Palanka have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bačka Palanka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Mačva Šabac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mačva Šabac haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 25 15 6 4 42 22 12 8 3 1 23 10 13 7 3 3 19 12 20 51
2 Mladost Novi Sad 25 14 7 4 30 15 13 8 2 3 20 10 12 6 5 1 10 5 15 49
3 Javor Ivanjica 24 11 10 3 35 18 11 6 3 2 19 9 13 5 7 1 16 9 17 43
4 Zeleznicar Pancevo 25 12 6 7 36 27 13 8 3 2 20 10 12 4 3 5 16 17 9 42
5 IMT Novi Beograd 24 10 8 6 33 21 13 6 4 3 20 8 11 4 4 3 13 13 12 38
6 Zarkovo 25 12 2 11 32 27 12 6 0 6 13 13 13 6 2 5 19 14 5 38
7 Loznica 24 9 7 8 25 21 11 6 3 2 17 7 13 3 4 6 8 14 4 34
8 Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica 25 9 6 10 30 27 12 5 2 5 19 15 13 4 4 5 11 12 3 33
9 Mačva Šabac 25 9 6 10 22 30 12 6 1 5 13 14 13 3 5 5 9 16 -8 33
10 Graficar 25 9 4 12 38 37 13 7 3 3 24 13 12 2 1 9 14 24 1 31
11 Zlatibor Cajetina 24 8 7 9 26 27 13 6 4 3 16 9 11 2 3 6 10 18 -1 31
12 Bačka Palanka 25 6 12 7 21 26 13 3 7 3 11 10 12 3 5 4 10 16 -5 30
13 Buducnost Dobanovci 25 8 6 11 27 37 13 5 4 4 15 15 12 3 2 7 12 22 -10 30
14 Rad Beograd 25 7 7 11 24 31 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 2 3 8 5 17 -7 28
15 Timok 25 6 4 15 26 35 13 2 4 7 12 12 12 4 0 8 14 23 -9 22
16 Kabel Novi Sad 25 1 6 18 12 58 12 0 5 7 5 24 13 1 1 11 7 34 -46 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.