The wisdom of the crowd think Zlatibor Čajetina will beat Bačka Palanka at Stadion Švajcarija

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Competition: Serbia Prva Liga
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Švajcarija (1040 seats)

The glass has been half empty for Zlatibor Čajetina so far, and you could say the same about Bačka Palanka. These weathered teams would do anything for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Zlatibor Čajetina have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Prva Liga

Zlatibor Čajetina have had a bad season and will be relegated from Prva Liga. Bačka Palanka are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an animated match!

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Zlatibor Čajetina form and stats

When playing at home in the Prva Liga, Zlatibor Čajetina have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games. When Zlatibor Čajetina hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Timok, Kabel Novi Sad, Zlatibor Čajetina, Budućnost Dobanovci and Rad Beograd), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Zlatibor lost their last game at Graficar after a 1-3 scoreline. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Rajevac, having bagged a goal in four consecutive matches.

Ahead of that match, Zlatibor Čajetina won a home game hosting Timok (2-0).

The Zlatibor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 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. From these home matches, Zlatibor Čajetina have conceded only 10 goals. Zlatibor Čajetina has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Bačka Palanka form and stats

Playing away, Bačka Palanka have won 3 games, drawn 7 and suffered 5 defeats in the Prva Liga this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Bačka Palanka are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Palanka's previous game was their home loss versus Macva Sabac (0-1).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Kabel Novi Sad.

The attacking power of Bačka Palanka when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bačka Palanka have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Zlatibor Čajetina - Bačka Palanka 0-0 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head to head game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Zlatibor wins - draws - Bačka Palanka wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zlatibor ČajetinaL. Čumić
L. Čumić
8 goals
Zlatibor ČajetinaD. Radosavljević
D. Radosavljević
6 goals
Zlatibor ČajetinaF. Rajevac
F. Rajevac
5 goals

Zlatibor Čajetina missing players

Bačka Palanka missing players

Zlatibor Čajetina Bačka Palanka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 17 6 Played P 7 18 36
11 7 3 Won W 1 3 8
11 6 0 Drew D 3 7 15
14 4 3 Lost L 3 8 13
36 19 10 Scored S 6 12 29
43 13 6 Conceded C 13 28 41
81% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 83%
58% 53% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 78% 61%
36% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 28% 28%
22% 12% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 17% 19%
14% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 6% 3%
36% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 57% 44% 36%
39% 65% 50% Clean Sheets C S 14% 17% 31%
44% 53% 50% Failed to Score F T 29% 44% 50%
 
4.2 4.4 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 3.4
5.9 5.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.8 4.4
2.6 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.9 2.7
4 2 2 Red cards R C 2 4 8
 
8.5 8.5 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.9 7.5 8.4
3.4 3.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.5
31% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 23%
 
10.7 10.1 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 10.4 9.1
4.4 4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 3.9
Key stats in Prva Liga this season:
  • Bačka Palanka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bačka Palanka have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Prva Liga
  • Bačka Palanka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zlatibor Čajetina have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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 Inija 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 Radnicki Sr. Mitrovica 30 13 7 10 39 29 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 6 4 5 17 13 10 46
7 Zarkovo 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 Macva Sabac 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.