Super Liga preview of Napredak - Crvena Zvezda: Visitors believed to win

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Competition: Serbia Super Liga
Competition: Sun 15.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Mladost (10331 seats)

Here's everything you need and want to know about the Super Liga game Napredak - Crvena Zvezda!

Insights:
  • Napredak have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals (79) in Super Liga

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serbian Cup game only four days ago.

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Napredak form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Napredak have to build on here at Stadion Mladost in the Super Liga. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Napredak with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Metalac GM game, 34 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Marjanovic was the last player to score a league goal for Napredak and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Napredak haven't scored in 450 minutes.

Napredak lost their last game at Backa Topola after a 0-2 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Partizan with the scoreline 0-3.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Napredak have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 5 from 5 games. 4 defeats by at least two goals.

Napredak has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Napredak are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Mladost in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Crvena Zvezda form and stats

The strength of Crvena Zvezda on their travels this season is incredible with 40 points collected from 15 Super Liga away games. Crvena Zvezda has 13-1-1 on the road, with 45 goals scored and 13 conceded. Things are running smoothly for Crvena Zvezda who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 22 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Radnik Surdulica.

The regulars enjoyed Crvena Zvezda's previous fixture versus Novi Pazar, a Serbian Cup win (8-0) played at home.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Radnicki Nis in the Super Liga.

As mentioned earlier, Crvena will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 22 wins (15 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 1 surprising defeat.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played earlier this season: Napredak - Crvena Zvezda 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Napredak victories, zero draws and ten Crvena Zvezda wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Crvena ZvezdaA. Katai
A. Katai
23 goals
Crvena ZvezdaM. Ivanić
M. Ivanić
16 goals
Crvena ZvezdaE. Ben Nabouhane
E. Ben Nabouhane
13 goals

Napredak missing players

Crvena Zvezda missing players

Napredak Crvena Zvezda
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
10 7 0 Won W 4 15 30
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 4
18 6 4 Lost L 1 1 1
31 18 4 Scored S 16 52 91
50 21 11 Conceded C 5 13 18
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
63% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
43% 41% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 69%
20% 18% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 41% 34%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 24% 20%
37% 41% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 46%
26% 35% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 54%
46% 24% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
3.7 4.7 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 6.5 7.2
4.5 4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 2.7 2.4
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.7
5 4 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 9.8 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 16.2 16.2
3.4 4.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.6 8.4 7.5
26% 25% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 37% 35%
 
11.1 10.2 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7.2 6.4
4.5 4.5 7.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 3 2.6
Key stats in Super Liga this season:
  • All of Crvena Zvezda's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Crvena Zvezda have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crvena Zvezda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Crvena Zvezda have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Crvena Zvezda have scored more than double the goals of Napredak.
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most points from losing position (16) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals (45) away in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals (79) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals in the first half (48) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the the best goal difference (+32) away in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have the the best goal difference (+62) in Super Liga
  • Crvena Zvezda have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Crvena Zvezda haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Crvena Zvezda is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super Liga
  • Napredak have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Napredak haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Crvena Zvezda 30 26 3 1 79 17 15 13 2 0 34 4 15 13 1 1 45 13 62 81
2 Partizan 30 25 4 1 68 10 15 12 3 0 34 4 15 13 1 1 34 6 58 79
3 Čukarički 30 14 12 4 48 27 15 8 6 1 28 10 15 6 6 3 20 17 21 54
4 Backa Topola 30 11 8 11 44 41 15 7 3 5 26 21 15 4 5 6 18 20 3 41
5 Vozdovac 30 11 7 12 41 37 15 6 6 3 24 18 15 5 1 9 17 19 4 40
6 Radnicki Nis 30 9 13 8 32 33 15 7 4 4 19 16 15 2 9 4 13 17 -1 40
7 Vojvodina 30 11 6 13 38 40 15 7 2 6 22 19 15 4 4 7 16 21 -2 39
8 Napredak 30 10 7 13 31 36 15 7 4 4 18 14 15 3 3 9 13 22 -5 37
9 Mladost Lucani 30 10 6 14 38 44 15 6 2 7 22 25 15 4 4 7 16 19 -6 36
10 Radnik Surdulica 30 8 12 10 24 31 15 3 6 6 11 16 15 5 6 4 13 15 -7 36
11 Spartak Subotica 30 9 7 14 35 49 15 3 5 7 17 25 15 6 2 7 18 24 -14 34
12 Kolubara 30 10 4 16 32 56 15 7 3 5 20 23 15 3 1 11 12 33 -24 34
13 Radnicki Kragujevac 30 8 6 16 27 50 15 5 1 9 13 25 15 3 5 7 14 25 -23 30
14 Proleter Novi Sad 30 8 5 17 23 49 15 4 3 8 11 23 15 4 2 9 12 26 -26 29
15 Metalac GM 30 7 6 17 36 52 15 5 2 8 22 25 15 2 4 9 14 27 -16 27
16 Novi Pazar 30 5 10 15 25 49 15 4 6 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 11 31 -24 25

Read more about Super Liga

The Serbian SuperLiga is the highest level of football in Serbia. It was founded in 2005 with Montenegro and from 2006 with only Serbian teams. 16 teams play each other home and away, resulting in 30 fixtures. The league table then splits in two; a relegation round and a championship round.