Match Report
The table read 5th (Novi Pazar, 47 pts) against 7th (Čukarički, 40 pts), 7 points apart. Čukarički ranked just 27th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Novi Pazar were scoring 1.27 and conceding 1.23, Čukarički 1.4 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Novi Pazar had been beaten in four straight games. Čukarički had drawn their last four. Over the last five, Novi Pazar had taken 1 of 15 points to Čukarički's 7.
7 meetings are on record — 0 won by Novi Pazar, 1 by Čukarički, 6 drawn, at 2.57 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 14% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
Gradski Stadion, Novi Pazar staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Novi Pazar: Dominic Sadi (30'), Bob Murphy Omoregbe (87') · Čukarički: Slobodan Tedic (27'), Luka Djordjevic (82')
Key stats
Possession: Novi Pazar 45% · Čukarički 55% · Total shots: 10-10 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-8