Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Javor Ivanjica (2nd, 69 pts) and Mačva Šabac (2nd, 53 pts). Javor Ivanjica ranked just 21st in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.19/0.68 for Javor Ivanjica and 1.2/0.7 for Mačva Šabac (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.06.
Defeat had followed defeat for Javor Ivanjica — four in succession. Javor Ivanjica had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Mačva Šabac, 8.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Javor Ivanjica, 1 draw and 0 for Mačva Šabac, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Only 20% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Stadion Ivanjica (Ivanjica) in Ivanjica. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.