Prva Liga match preview: Trajal Krusevac versus Kabel Novi Sad

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Tue 04.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Mladost (10331 seats)

The visiting Kabel Novi Sad side should be favourites in this visit to Trajal Krusevac, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 30 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Trajal Krusevac is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Prva Liga

It's no vacation for neither Krusevac nor Kabel Novi Sad 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.

Relegation threatens Trajal Krusevac who should definitely be looking for some points here. Kabel are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Trajal Krusevac form and stats

Trajal Krusevac have played 15 Prva Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). Game days at Stadion Mladost have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Krusevac as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The home team returns to Stadion Mladost after being equal after 90 minutes with Radnički Pirot (placed 15th) on their last time out; the Prva Liga game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against IMT Novi Beograd that was lost 2-3.

The manager G. Lazarević will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Radnički Kragujevac in only four days.

Krusevac has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Kabel Novi Sad form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Prva Liga, are W8-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Prva Liga. One point away has become something of a habit for Kabel who have played out draws in their last three away games.

The attacking players of Kabel have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 192 minutes.

The manager Z. Vasiljević was unhappy after their last game, a Prva Liga match played at their home ground Stadion FK Kabel (Novi Sad). Kabel suffered a 0-1 loss to Kolubara (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Loznica that ended 0-0.

After this away game Kabel Novi Sad return home for a Prva Liga game against Budućnost Dobanovci. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Kabel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kabel Novi Sad are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 5 goals away.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kabel Novi Sad - Trajal Krusevac 1-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Krusevac zero wins, two draws and Kabel Novi Sad one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kabel Novi SadA. Mesarović
A. Mesarović
9 goals
KrusevacP. Pavlović
P. Pavlović
8 goals
Kabel Novi SadS. Novaković
S. Novaković
7 goals

Trajal Krusevac missing players

Kabel Novi Sad missing players

Trajal Krusevac Kabel Novi Sad
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
9 7 2 Won W 2 8 15
7 2 1 Drew D 0 5 11
14 6 1 Lost L 2 2 4
29 18 4 Scored S 3 16 35
38 17 3 Conceded C 2 5 15
87% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 87%
60% 60% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 53% 60%
47% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 7% 13%
20% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
10% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 40% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
23% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 53%
40% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.2 8.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.4 8.4
3.3 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.9
30% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 30%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Kabel Novi Sad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most clean sheets (10) away in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most clean sheets (16) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the most points (29) away in Prva Liga
  • Kabel Novi Sad have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Prva Liga
  • Trajal Krusevac have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Trajal Krusevac is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Radnički Kragujevac 29 17 8 4 44 20 14 12 2 0 31 7 15 5 6 4 13 13 24 59
2 Kolubara 30 17 6 7 40 28 15 11 3 1 20 9 15 6 3 6 20 19 12 57
3 Kabel Novi Sad 30 15 11 4 35 15 15 7 6 2 19 10 15 8 5 2 16 5 20 56
4 IMT Novi Beograd 30 16 6 8 47 30 15 9 1 5 22 12 15 7 5 3 25 18 17 54
5 Loznica 29 12 9 8 46 37 15 7 5 3 33 22 14 5 4 5 13 15 9 45
6 Žarkovo 30 13 5 12 29 30 15 9 2 4 16 10 15 4 3 8 13 20 -1 44
7 Grafičar 30 11 10 9 39 31 15 7 5 3 25 13 15 4 5 6 14 18 8 43
8 Budućnost Dobanovci 30 12 7 11 34 33 15 8 4 3 18 10 15 4 3 8 16 23 1 43
9 Železničar Pančevo 30 12 4 14 34 38 15 8 2 5 19 15 15 4 2 9 15 23 -4 40
10 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 30 11 5 14 34 28 15 5 3 7 19 16 15 6 2 7 15 12 6 38
11 Borac Čačak 29 10 7 12 33 30 15 6 3 6 17 13 14 4 4 6 16 17 3 37
12 Dinamo Vranje 29 10 5 14 36 44 14 7 1 6 23 21 15 3 4 8 13 23 -8 35
13 Dubocica 30 8 11 11 28 40 15 6 5 4 19 16 15 2 6 7 9 24 -12 35
14 Trajal Krusevac 30 9 7 14 29 38 15 7 2 6 18 17 15 2 5 8 11 21 -9 34
15 Radnički Pirot 30 8 9 13 29 42 15 6 5 4 14 15 15 2 4 9 15 27 -13 33
16 Jagodina 30 6 14 10 25 38 15 4 9 2 15 12 15 2 5 8 10 26 -13 32
17 Zemun 30 7 5 18 22 39 15 5 3 7 13 17 15 2 2 11 9 22 -17 26
18 Sloga Kraljevo 30 4 11 15 20 43 15 3 9 3 14 14 15 1 2 12 6 29 -23 23

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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.