Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Crvena Zvezda 1st with 97 points, Mladost Novi Sad 8th with 30, 67 apart. On recent form Mladost Novi Sad sat only 26th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Crvena Zvezda 13.71 scored and 2.71 conceded per game, Mladost Novi Sad 3.57 and 7, with the league averaging 2.2.
Mladost Novi Sad had lost three in a row. Over the last five, Crvena Zvezda had taken 12 of 15 points to Mladost Novi Sad's 3.
The venue was Stadion Rajko Mitić in Beograd, with room for 55,538 spectators. It was 2-2 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-2 full-time score.