Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rad Beograd & Crvena Zvezda 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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Rad Beograd form and stats
Last season, Beograd's Serbian Cup journey ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the Super Liga, Rad Beograd have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games. The Beograd manager Z. Njeguš might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Rad Beograd crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Spartak Subotica here at Stadion Kralj Petar Prvi in a Super Liga match. In the game before, an away victory in the Super Liga match versus Macva Sabac with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Crvena Zvezda to win. Let's see if Rad Beograd are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: four games found revealing zero Rad Beograd wins, zero draws and four defeats.
The Rad Beograd fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Rad Beograd's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. 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 3 home matches.
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
Crvena Zvezda's mission in Serbian Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.The strength of Crvena Zvezda on their travels this season is incredible with 25 points collected from 9 Super Liga away games. Crvena Zvezda has 8-1-0 on the road, with 20 goals scored and 3 conceded. Things are running smoothly for Crvena who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 20 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Backa Topola. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Backa Topola game have they lost an away game, meaning Crvena Zvezda has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Crvena goalkeeper Milan Borjan is eager to challenge this, with his 476 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Crvena, whose manager D. Stankovic could celebrate last time after the Super Liga win against Metalac GM. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Backa Palanka in the Super Liga.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Crvena Zvezda given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 16 matches with 15 wins as expected, one draw and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won eight of these games by at least two goals.
Crvena have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 9 away matches. Crvena are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Beograd zero wins, zero draws and Crvena Zvezda ten victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ivanić 7 goals |  A. Katai 7 goals |  D. Falcinelli 7 goals |
Rad Beograd missing players
Crvena Zvezda missing players
| Rad Beograd | Crvena Zvezda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Scored | S | 23 | 56 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.9 | ||
| 22% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crvena Zvezda | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 44 | 53 |
| 2 | Partizan | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 30 | 44 |
| 3 | Vojvodina | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Cukaricki | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 35 |
| 5 | Spartak Subotica | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Proleter Novi Sad | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Radnicki Nis | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Radnik Surdulica | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Vozdovac | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Mladost Lucani | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 11 | Metalac GM | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Backa Topola | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 21 |
| 13 | Javor Ivanjica | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Novi Pazar | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Napredak | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Inija | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -15 | 18 |
| 17 | Rad Beograd | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | Zlatibor Cajetina | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -20 | 15 |
| 19 | Macva Sabac | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
| 20 | Backa Palanka | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 11 |