Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Crvena Zvezda & Novi Pazar face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Serbian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
A nice win for Crvena Zvezda last time playing, versus Radnicki Nis. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Omoijuanfo (2), Katai and Ivanić scoring for the victors.
Before that match, a Super Liga win away at Vojvodina.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Crvena Zvezda have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 31 games found in the database showing 27 Crvena wins, four draws and zero defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Crvena Zvezda as they are travelling to their away game against Napredak in the Super Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Crvena have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 1 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Crvena Zvezda have scored 5 goals and conceded 5 times.
Novi Pazar form and stats
They also participated in Serbian Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.It's the second away game in a row for Novi Pazar, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Metalac GM last time out.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Radnicki Kragujevac.Pazar are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found six matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were zero wins, zero draws and six defeats. Of the defeats, five games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Radnik Surdulica in just four days.
It's a day of discovery for Novi Pazar as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Novi Pazar have played three with the results W0-D3-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Novi Pazar has scored 2 goals and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - zero - one (Crvena Zvezda wins - draws - Novi Pazar wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Katai 23 goals |  M. Ivanić 16 goals |  E. Ben Nabouhane 13 goals |
Crvena Zvezda missing players
Novi Pazar missing players
| Crvena Zvezda | Novi Pazar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 33 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.3 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 26% | ||
| 6.8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
