Match Report
Mladost Novi Sad went into the game 1st in the table on 72 points; IMT Novi Beograd sat 4th on 67 — a 5-point gap. The last five rounds placed Mladost Novi Sad no better than 11th for form, against 1st in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Mladost Novi Sad 1.86 scored and 1 conceded per game, IMT Novi Beograd 2.86 and 1, with the league averaging 1.17.
Mladost Novi Sad had won four straight. IMT Novi Beograd came in having won four on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
Pivara Stadion in Čelarevo, capacity 3,000, hosted the game. The referee was P. Ilić, with 55 matches in our database and 2.1 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: IMT Novi Beograd led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-3.