Super Liga: Top-drawer against second-rate, at least that's what the table says. Crvena Zvezda - Radnik Surdulica. Home win or a surprise?
- Crvena Zvezda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super Liga
- Radnik Surdulica have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super Liga
The hosts Crvena saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Sporting Braga, so at least Crvena are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Crvena Zvezda form and stats
Crvena Zvezda have been outstanding at home so far in the Super Liga with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Crvena Zvezda has won six games in a row. The Radnik Surdulica match was the last time out without a victory.
The Crvena Zvezda goalkeeper Milan Borjan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 352 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super Liga.
An away draw last time out for Crvena, facing Sporting Braga in a game that ended 1-1. The Crvena Zvezda goalkeeper Borjan was crucial in the match against Sporting Braga last time out, making six saves. The goalie Milan Borjan was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.05 out of ten. Borjan stopped the opponent with six saves.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Napredak.Crvena are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadion Rajko Mitić with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 30 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Crvena Zvezda has won 28 times, drawn two and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Crvena Zvezda has won by at least two goals 18 times when in this position.
The manager Stankovic will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Backa Topola in only one day.
A decent goal production from Crvena in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Crvena Zvezda have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Radnik Surdulica form and stats
2-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Radnik Surdulica in their Super Liga matches away.
Surdulica aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 184 league minutes without a goal. Spasic was the last player to find the net.
Surdulica's last game was the home draw against Radnicki Kragujevac (0-0).
The game before that, in the Serbian Cup, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Loznica.Nobody expects Surdulica to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath five times before, with the overall statistics of won zero, draw zero and lost five. When defeated, three matches have been lost by two or more goals.
After this away game Surdulica return home for a Super Liga game against Mladost Lucani. That game is only one sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Surdulica when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Surdulica have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Radnik Surdulica - Crvena Zvezda 2-1 was the scoreline in these sides' latest H2H fixture, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these sides: Crvena Zvezda won nine, Radnik Surdulica were winners in one and we saw zero draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Katai 11 goals |  M. Ivanić 8 goals |  E. Ben Nabouhane 7 goals |
Crvena Zvezda missing players
Radnik Surdulica missing players
| Crvena Zvezda | Radnik Surdulica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 46 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 74% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 74% |
| 63% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 26% |
| 32% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 22% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 53% | 78% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 8 | 9.6 | 10.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 18.3 | 19.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| 8.2 | 8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 30% | 22% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 21% | 25% |
| 6.9 | 6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 14.2 | 12.6 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
- Crvena Zvezda have created more than twice as many corners as Radnik Surdulica.
- Crvena Zvezda have not yet lost a game at home.
- Crvena Zvezda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Crvena Zvezda have scored more than double the goals of Radnik Surdulica.
- Crvena Zvezda have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Super Liga
- Crvena Zvezda have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super Liga
- Crvena Zvezda have the most points from losing position (10) in Super Liga
- Crvena Zvezda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Crvena Zvezda is in the best form (6-0-0) in Super Liga
- Radnik Surdulica have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Super Liga
- Radnik Surdulica have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Super Liga
- Radnik Surdulica have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Super Liga
- Radnik Surdulica haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Partizan | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 47 | 53 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 36 | 50 |
| 3 | Cukaricki | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Napredak | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | Radnicki Nis | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 | Vozdovac | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Spartak Subotica | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Proleter Novi Sad | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Backa Topola | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 | Radnik Surdulica | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Kolubara | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 20 |
| 13 | Mladost Lucani | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 18 |
| 14 | Metalac GM | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 15 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -16 | 16 |
| 16 | Novi Pazar | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 15 |