Prva Liga match preview: Novi Pazar versus Radnički Kragujevac

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sun 14.June
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Borca kraj Morave (12000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Novi Pazar in 7th and Radnički Kragujevac in 8th place.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Novi Pazar form and stats

Novi Pazar, who have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in Prva Liga, are steadily winning Prva Liga games and points here at Stadion Borca kraj Morave. 10 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Pazar has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion Borca kraj Morave. We remember; it was Kolubara.

Novi Pazar faced defeat in their previous match, away at Backa Palanka (0-4). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Dinamo Vranje.

Pazar were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Pazar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Borca kraj Morave with 25 goals in 14 league matches. Pazar are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Borca kraj Morave in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.

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Radnički Kragujevac form and stats

There's been little loot from Radnički Kragujevac's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Prva Liga. Radnički Kragujevac, who have the most clean sheets (7) away in Prva Liga, only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

Kragujevac are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Prva Liga against Grafičar (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Buducnost Dobanovci's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kragujevac as they have only managed to score 8 times from 14 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Novi Pazar and Radnički Kragujevac have met before this season: Radnički Kragujevac - Novi Pazar 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Pazar victories, two draws and five Radnički Kragujevac wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Radnički KragujevacS. Nikodijević
S. Nikodijević
8 goals

Novi Pazar missing players

Radnički Kragujevac missing players

Novi Pazar Radnički Kragujevac
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
11 10 2 Won W 0 3 10
6 1 0 Drew D 0 5 8
11 3 1 Lost L 3 6 10
31 25 7 Scored S 2 8 29
28 11 5 Conceded C 6 11 25
89% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 79%
57% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 36% 46%
36% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 36%
21% 29% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 7% 18%
4% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 11%
39% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 21% 29%
32% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 46%
39% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 57% 46%
 
4.4 4.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 4.6
3.5 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2.8 2.8
2.2 2 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.2
5 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
179 116 14 Total Shots T S 6 73 188
71 49 9 Shots on Target S O 5 24 75
28% 33% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 32%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Novi Pazar has the the best goal difference (+14) at home
  • Novi Pazar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Novi Pazar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Novi Pazar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Radnički Kragujevac have scored away.
  • Radnički Kragujevac has the most clean sheets (7) away
  • Radnički Kragujevac have won significantly less corners away then 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 Metalac GM 28 15 5 8 38 32 14 9 3 2 19 10 14 6 2 6 19 22 6 50
2 Grafičar 28 14 6 8 42 26 14 10 1 3 22 10 14 4 5 5 20 16 16 48
3 Zlatibor Cajetina 28 12 12 4 28 17 14 8 6 0 15 6 14 4 6 4 13 11 11 48
4 Kolubara 28 13 8 7 33 21 14 9 3 2 19 8 14 4 5 5 14 13 12 47
5 Backa Palanka 28 14 5 9 35 26 14 10 2 2 25 12 14 4 3 7 10 14 9 47
6 Kabel Novi Sad 28 14 10 4 31 18 14 7 7 0 16 6 14 7 3 4 15 12 13 42
7 Novi Pazar 28 11 6 11 31 28 14 10 1 3 25 11 14 1 5 8 6 17 3 39
8 Radnički Kragujevac 28 10 8 10 29 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 3 5 6 8 11 4 38
9 Radnicki Pirot 27 10 7 10 31 29 13 7 3 3 20 12 14 3 4 7 11 17 2 37
10 Zarkovo 28 9 9 10 33 35 14 3 3 8 13 20 14 6 6 2 20 15 -2 36
11 Dinamo Vranje 28 9 7 12 33 37 14 6 4 4 21 18 14 3 3 8 12 19 -4 34
12 Zemun 27 8 9 10 24 24 14 6 6 2 16 10 13 2 3 8 8 14 0 33
13 Trajal Krusevac 28 6 9 13 19 29 14 5 5 4 12 11 14 1 4 9 7 18 -10 27
14 Sinelic Beograd 28 6 7 15 27 48 14 4 5 5 14 18 14 2 2 10 13 30 -21 25
15 Buducnost Dobanovci 28 4 7 17 19 38 14 3 5 6 12 14 14 1 2 11 7 24 -19 19
16 Semendrija 1924 28 8 5 15 25 45 14 5 3 6 12 16 14 3 2 9 13 29 -20 19

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.