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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportsko-Rekreativni Centar Mladost (1200 seats)

It's advantage Železničar Pančevo at this point, with their 4th place in the Prva Liga table and eagerly waiting for Žarkovo (who are in 7th).

Insights:
  • Železničar Pančevo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Železničar are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 4th place whatever happens now. Žarkovo are staying put at 7th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Železničar Pančevo form and stats

The story so far in the Prva Liga for Železničar Pančevo at their home stadium (Sportsko-Rekreativni Centar Mladost) is 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Železničar Pančevo are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

It's back home for Železničar, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating IMT Novi Beograd away with the result 2-1. Gigić and Kostić found the net in that victory. Some amazing scenes last match, when Kostić scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.

Ahead of that match, Železničar Pančevo won a home game hosting Loznica (3-0).

Železničar Pančevo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. Železničar Pančevo have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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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Žarkovo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Prva Liga travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Žarkovo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Žarkovo go into this game after a win, the home game against Javor Ivanjica that ended 2-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Mladost Novi Sad's place.

Žarkovo find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Žarkovo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Železničar - Žarkovo 2-2 was the result in these contenders' previous head to head match, played this season. Statistics for the preceeding four meetings between these two sides are: one win for Železničar Pančevo, two draws and one win for Žarkovo. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Železničar PančevoL. Milošev
L. Milošev
11 goals
Železničar PančevoP. Gigić
P. Gigić
8 goals
Železničar PančevoB. Ilić
B. Ilić
7 goals

Železničar Pančevo missing players

Žarkovo missing players

Železničar Pančevo Žarkovo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
19 11 4 Won W 1 6 14
8 4 2 Drew D 0 4 7
9 3 0 Lost L 5 8 15
53 29 8 Scored S 4 21 40
36 14 1 Conceded C 10 21 40
92% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
72% 72% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 69%
53% 50% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 39%
22% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 14%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 6%
47% 44% 17% BTTS BTTS 33% 28% 33%
44% 56% 83% Clean Sheets C S 17% 39% 36%
17% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 39% 36%
 
4.8 5.6 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.2 3.9
3.5 3.5 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.1 4.6
2.5 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
8.4 9.7 8.6 Shots (avg) S ( 4.6 7.4 8.2
3.6 4.4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.6
40% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 31%
 
8.2 8.1 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 9.2 9.3
3.1 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 2.9 3
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Železničar Pančevo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 Železničar Pančevo 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 Grafičar 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 Backa 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.