Prva Liga forecast and pre-match guide: Žarkovo odds-on thought to subdue Grafičar

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Žarkovo (500 seats)

Bring on Žarkovo - Grafičar! Never mind the highs and lows so far, this fixture should be a riot!

Insights:
  • Žarkovo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grafičar have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Prva Liga

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Žarkovo form and stats

Žarkovo have collected 18 points from their Prva Liga home games so far after 6-0-5.

Žarkovo are returning here after visiting Mačva Šabac and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Dostanic and Milikić scored the goal(s).

Heartbreak before that as Žarkovo lost 0-2 at Radnički Sr. Mitrovica's place.

Žarkovo has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Žarkovo have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grafičar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Grafičar so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-9 (win-draw-lose).

Grafičar's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Inđija that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Javor Ivanjica.

Grafičar have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged history featuring both these contenders is the Grafičar - Žarkovo 3-0 played earlier this season. Last nine meetings featuring these squads: Žarkovo won five, Grafičar triumphed in three and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

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

Žarkovo missing players

Grafičar missing players

Žarkovo Grafičar
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
11 6 2 Won W 0 1 7
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
10 5 1 Lost L 2 9 12
30 13 4 Scored S 1 11 32
24 10 2 Conceded C 4 24 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
65% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 87%
43% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 65%
17% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 30%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 13%
30% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 48%
39% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 22%
30% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 55% 39%
 
4.3 3.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.7 4.9
4.3 3.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.5 3.7
2.5 2.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.3
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9 9.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.4 10.4
3.9 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.5
34% 33% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 31%
 
8.8 9.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10.5 9.6
3 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5 4.3
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Grafičar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Grafičar have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Prva Liga
  • Žarkovo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Žarkovo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 23 15 5 3 41 20 11 8 2 1 22 9 12 7 3 2 19 11 21 50
2 Mladost Novi Sad 23 13 6 4 27 15 12 8 1 3 20 10 11 5 5 1 7 5 12 45
3 Javor Ivanjica 23 11 9 3 35 18 11 6 3 2 19 9 12 5 6 1 16 9 17 42
4 Zeleznicar Pancevo 23 10 6 7 33 27 11 6 3 2 17 10 12 4 3 5 16 17 6 36
5 IMT Novi Beograd 23 9 8 6 31 21 12 5 4 3 18 8 11 4 4 3 13 13 10 35
6 Žarkovo 23 11 2 10 30 24 11 6 0 5 13 10 12 5 2 5 17 14 6 35
7 Loznica 23 9 6 8 25 21 11 6 3 2 17 7 12 3 3 6 8 14 4 33
8 Mačva Šabac 23 9 6 8 22 25 12 6 1 5 13 14 11 3 5 3 9 11 -3 33
9 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 23 8 6 9 28 26 11 4 2 5 17 15 12 4 4 4 11 11 2 30
10 Bačka Palanka 23 6 11 6 20 23 12 3 7 2 11 8 11 3 4 4 9 15 -3 29
11 Rad Beograd 22 7 7 8 23 26 11 5 4 2 18 12 11 2 3 6 5 14 -3 28
12 Buducnost Dobanovci 23 7 6 10 26 35 12 4 4 4 14 15 11 3 2 6 12 20 -9 27
13 Zlatibor Čajetina 22 6 7 9 24 27 11 4 4 3 14 9 11 2 3 6 10 18 -3 25
14 Grafičar 23 7 4 12 32 37 12 6 3 3 21 13 11 1 1 9 11 24 -5 25
15 Timok 23 5 3 15 24 34 12 2 3 7 12 12 11 3 0 8 12 22 -10 18
16 Kabel Novi Sad 23 1 6 16 12 54 11 0 5 6 5 21 12 1 1 10 7 33 -42 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.