Timok - Bačka Palanka: Small difference between teams in Prva Liga clash

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion pod Kraljevicom (5000 seats)

Timok - Bačka Palanka: Prva Liga basement dwellers hungry for points and triumph. Check out all the relevant data and news before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Timok have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bačka Palanka have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Prva Liga

For Timok relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. For Palanka it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Timok and Bačka Palanka.

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Timok form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Prva Liga this season. Timok have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadion pod Kraljevicom. When Timok hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Timok, Kabel Novi Sad, Zlatibor Cajetina, Buducnost Dobanovci and Rad Beograd), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Timok lost their last game at Graficar after a 0-2 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Buducnost Dobanovci that ended 1-1.

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 Timok have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost three.

Timok have scored 13 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Timok have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bačka Palanka form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Prva Liga travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. Bačka Palanka has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Bačka Palanka play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Buducnost Dobanovci.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Graficar.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Palanka in our archives, and the results are: one win for Bačka Palanka, zero draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bačka Palanka as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bačka Palanka have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also met each other earlier this campaign: Bačka Palanka - Timok 0-1. The referee showed his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the sinner was Obradov (Bačka Palanka). Last two meetings featuring these sides: Timok won one, Bačka Palanka triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

Bačka PalankaS. Karišić
S. Karišić
4 goals
TimokI. Davidović
I. Davidović
3 goals
Bačka PalankaD. Milenkovic
D. Milenkovic
3 goals

Timok missing players

Bačka Palanka missing players

Timok Bačka Palanka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 6 17 33
9 3 2 Won W 1 3 7
7 6 2 Drew D 3 7 15
17 7 1 Lost L 2 7 11
30 14 10 Scored S 4 12 26
39 13 4 Conceded C 8 25 37
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 82%
58% 44% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 76% 61%
30% 19% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 24% 24%
15% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 21%
9% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 3%
30% 31% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 39%
33% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 30%
45% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 41% 48%
 
2.8 3.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.6 3.3
3.7 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.9 4.5
2.3 3.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 2.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 8
 
7 7.1 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.6 8.2
2.8 2.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3.5
34% 33% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 23%
 
8.8 6.6 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 10.4 9.2
3.6 2.6 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 4
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Bačka Palanka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bačka Palanka have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Timok have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica 30 13 7 10 39 29 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 6 4 5 17 13 10 46
7 Zarkovo 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 Graficar 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 Buducnost Dobanovci 30 9 8 13 30 41 15 5 5 5 15 16 15 4 3 8 15 25 -11 35
13 Zlatibor Cajetina 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

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.