Match preview Prva Liga: Žarkovo - Budućnost Dobanovci at Stadion Žarkovo

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Wed 19.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Žarkovo (500 seats)

Prva Liga: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Budućnost Dobanovci might have a small advantage with their 6th place in the table?

Insights:
  • Žarkovo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Prva Liga
  • Budućnost Dobanovci have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Budućnost Dobanovci could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Prva Liga game only four sleeps ago.

Žarkovo are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Budućnost Dobanovci most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Žarkovo form and stats

9 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Žarkovo have to build on here at Stadion Žarkovo in the Prva Liga. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Žarkovo, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

A good away victory last time out for Žarkovo, who won 2-0 against Trajal Krusevac (placed 15th). Sensational by Žarkovo last match, beating Trajal Krusevac away as big underdogs. R. Šuljagić, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 0.0 out of 10 in that game. Šuljagić .

Preceding that match was the home game against Kolubara that was lost 0-3.

The Žarkovo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 16 matches. Žarkovo have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Budućnost Dobanovci form and stats

Playing away, Budućnost Dobanovci have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Prva Liga this season.

There were no winners in Budućnost's previous match, a Prva Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Radnički Kragujevac (placed 1st).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kabel Novi Sad at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Budućnost Dobanovci have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Budućnost Dobanovci have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Budućnost Dobanovci - Žarkovo 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Žarkovo three wins, two draws and Budućnost Dobanovci five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Budućnost DobanovciĐ. Dobrijević
Đ. Dobrijević
7 goals
ŽarkovoN. Dišić
N. Dišić
6 goals
ŽarkovoN. Nović
N. Nović
6 goals

Žarkovo missing players

Budućnost Dobanovci missing players

Žarkovo Budućnost Dobanovci
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
15 9 2 Won W 2 5 14
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 8
13 5 3 Lost L 3 8 11
33 16 5 Scored S 7 17 39
34 13 8 Conceded C 8 23 35
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
61% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 64%
33% 25% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 50% 39%
12% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 12%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 6%
33% 19% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 56% 55%
39% 56% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 27%
33% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.1 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 6
 
7.4 7.3 4.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 6.6 8
2.8 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.1 3.4
36% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 34% 35%
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Budućnost Dobanovci have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Žarkovo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Prva Liga

  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 33 19 9 5 48 24 16 14 2 0 33 7 17 5 7 5 15 17 24 66
2 Kolubara 33 20 6 7 49 30 17 13 3 1 26 11 16 7 3 6 23 19 19 66
3 Kabel Novi Sad 33 17 11 5 39 18 16 7 6 3 19 11 17 10 5 2 20 7 21 62
4 IMT Novi Beograd 33 17 6 10 51 34 16 9 1 6 23 15 17 8 5 4 28 19 17 57
5 Loznica 33 14 9 10 54 40 17 8 5 4 40 24 16 6 4 6 14 16 14 51
6 Budućnost Dobanovci 33 14 8 11 39 35 17 9 5 3 22 12 16 5 3 8 17 23 4 50
7 Žarkovo 33 15 5 13 33 34 16 9 2 5 16 13 17 6 3 8 17 21 -1 50
8 Grafičar 33 12 12 9 44 34 16 7 6 3 26 14 17 5 6 6 18 20 10 48
9 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 33 13 6 14 37 29 17 6 4 7 21 17 16 7 2 7 16 12 8 45
10 Železničar Pančevo 33 13 5 15 38 41 17 8 3 6 20 17 16 5 2 9 18 24 -3 44
11 Dinamo Vranje 33 11 6 16 38 48 16 8 1 7 24 22 17 3 5 9 14 26 -10 39
12 Dubocica 33 9 12 12 30 42 17 7 5 5 20 17 16 2 7 7 10 25 -12 39
13 Radnički Pirot 33 9 9 15 31 46 16 6 5 5 14 16 17 3 4 10 17 30 -15 36
14 Borac Čačak 33 11 8 14 36 35 16 6 3 7 17 14 17 5 5 7 19 21 1 35
15 Trajal Krusevac 33 9 7 17 29 42 17 7 2 8 18 20 16 2 5 9 11 22 -13 34
16 Jagodina 33 7 14 12 28 44 17 4 9 4 17 18 16 3 5 8 11 26 -16 29
17 Zemun 33 7 6 20 23 47 16 5 4 7 14 18 17 2 2 13 9 29 -24 27
18 Sloga Kraljevo 33 5 11 17 23 47 17 4 9 4 17 17 16 1 2 13 6 30 -24 26

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.