Prva Liga preview: Can Žarkovo edge out victory against Loznica?

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Žarkovo (500 seats)

Creeping up on the top teams is the target when these mid-table teams meet. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league status, Žarkovo in 7th and Loznica in 8th position.

Insights:
  • Žarkovo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Loznica have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Prva Liga

Žarkovo is in the 7th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Loznica are staying put at 8th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

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Žarkovo form and stats

Žarkovo have played 15 Prva Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-6 (wins-draws-losses). Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Stadion Žarkovo, but a victory now would be sweet for Žarkovo.

Žarkovo drew their last game, also a home match. Budućnost Dobanovci was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Mladost Novi Sad.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Žarkovo handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.

Žarkovo are traveling soon after this match as the Prva Liga match at Radnički Sr. Mitrovica awaits in four days.

Žarkovo has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Žarkovo have conceded 16 goals.

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Loznica form and stats

There's been little loot from Loznica's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Prva Liga. Loznica only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

There might be some fixture complaints from Loznica as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Rad Beograd.

We have checked recent matches where Loznica have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, zero draws and five defeats.

A new game in only four days for Loznica, the Prva Liga home match versus IMT Novi Beograd. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Loznica as they have only managed to score 8 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Žarkovo and Loznica have faced each other previously this season: Loznica - Žarkovo 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Žarkovo four wins, zero draws and Loznica zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LoznicaF. Obadović
F. Obadović
8 goals
ŽarkovoD. Dostanic
D. Dostanic
6 goals
LoznicaG. Matic
G. Matic
4 goals

Žarkovo missing players

Loznica missing players

Žarkovo Loznica
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 3 15 30
12 6 1 Won W 2 3 11
6 3 0 Drew D 0 5 8
12 6 2 Lost L 1 7 11
35 16 2 Scored S 4 8 29
32 16 6 Conceded C 3 15 26
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 80%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 47% 57%
40% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 27% 30%
17% 13% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 10%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
30% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 37%
40% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 40%
37% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 53% 43%
 
4.3 3.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.9 4.8
4.5 3.8 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 3.5
2.6 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3 2.9
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
8.5 9.3 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.1 9.1
3.8 3.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.3 3.6
31% 29% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 16% 27%
 
8.9 9.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 8.5 7.4
2.9 3.1 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.2
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Loznica have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Prva Liga
  • Loznica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Žarkovo have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Inđija 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 Radnički Sr. Mitrovica 30 13 7 10 39 29 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 6 4 5 17 13 10 46
7 Žarkovo 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 Budućnost Dobanovci 30 9 8 13 30 41 15 5 5 5 15 16 15 4 3 8 15 25 -11 35
13 Zlatibor Čajetina 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.