Mačva Šabac vs Žarkovo betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Mačva (8000 seats)

The league table reveals that 1 points separate the pair of combatants in this Prva Liga fixture. Mačva Šabac own both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Mačva Šabac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Žarkovo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Mačva Šabac nor Žarkovo 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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Mačva Šabac form and stats

The story so far in the Prva Liga for Mačva Šabac at their home stadium (Stadion FK Mačva) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Stadion FK Mačva is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

The fans are hoping that Mačva Šabac will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Inđija (placed 1st).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Rad Beograd and winning 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mačva Šabac have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost four.

Mačva are traveling soon after this match as the Prva Liga match at Radnički Sr. Mitrovica awaits in three days.

Mačva Šabac are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Žarkovo form and stats

Playing away, Žarkovo have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Prva Liga this season.

Žarkovo are travelling again after losing away to Radnički Sr. Mitrovica in their previous match (0-2).

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Lokomotiva Zagreb in the Arena Cup.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Žarkovo in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Žarkovo, one draw and two defeats.

After this away game Žarkovo return home for a Prva Liga game against Grafičar. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Žarkovo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 11 games. Žarkovo have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other earlier on this match year: Žarkovo - Mačva Šabac 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

ŽarkovoD. Gojkov
D. Gojkov
5 goals
ŽarkovoD. Dostanic
D. Dostanic
4 goals

Mačva Šabac missing players

Žarkovo missing players

Mačva Šabac Žarkovo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
9 6 1 Won W 0 4 10
6 1 1 Drew D 1 2 2
7 4 2 Lost L 2 5 10
22 13 5 Scored S 4 15 28
23 12 5 Conceded C 6 14 24
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 55% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 64%
36% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 45%
18% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 18%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 9%
41% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 32%
41% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 36%
32% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 32%
 
4 4.3 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 4
4.2 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.6 4.2
2.6 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.5 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
10.3 12.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 8.3 9
3.8 4.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.8
26% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 33%
 
9.2 9.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 8.4 8.7
3 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • 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.
  • 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 22 15 4 3 40 19 11 8 2 1 22 9 11 7 2 2 18 10 21 49
2 Mladost Novi Sad 22 12 6 4 25 14 11 7 1 3 18 9 11 5 5 1 7 5 11 42
3 Javor Ivanjica 22 11 8 3 33 16 11 6 3 2 19 9 11 5 5 1 14 7 17 41
4 Zeleznicar Pancevo 22 10 6 6 32 25 11 6 3 2 17 10 11 4 3 4 15 15 7 36
5 Mačva Šabac 22 9 6 7 22 23 11 6 1 4 13 12 11 3 5 3 9 11 -1 33
6 IMT Novi Beograd 22 8 8 6 27 20 11 4 4 3 14 7 11 4 4 3 13 13 7 32
7 Žarkovo 22 10 2 10 28 24 11 6 0 5 13 10 11 4 2 5 15 14 4 32
8 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 22 8 6 8 28 25 11 4 2 5 17 15 11 4 4 3 11 10 3 30
9 Loznica 22 8 6 8 24 21 11 6 3 2 17 7 11 2 3 6 7 14 3 30
10 Rad Beograd 22 7 7 8 23 26 11 5 4 2 18 12 11 2 3 6 5 14 -3 28
11 Bačka Palanka 22 6 10 6 18 21 11 3 6 2 9 6 11 3 4 4 9 15 -3 28
12 Zlatibor Čajetina 22 6 7 9 24 27 11 4 4 3 14 9 11 2 3 6 10 18 -3 25
13 Grafičar 22 7 3 12 31 36 11 6 2 3 20 12 11 1 1 9 11 24 -5 24
14 Budućnost Dobanovci 22 6 6 10 25 35 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 3 2 6 12 20 -10 24
15 Timok 22 5 3 14 24 33 11 2 3 6 12 11 11 3 0 8 12 22 -9 18
16 Kabel Novi Sad 22 1 6 15 11 50 11 0 5 6 5 21 11 1 1 9 6 29 -39 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.