Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Železničar Pančevo 3rd with 68 points, Kabel Novi Sad 8th with 13, 55 apart. The last five rounds placed Kabel Novi Sad no better than 32nd for form, against 8th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.17 goals per team per game, Kabel Novi Sad ran at 0.43 scored and 2.57 conceded, Železničar Pančevo at 1.71 and 0.71.
Kabel Novi Sad had been beaten in four straight games. Over the last five, Kabel Novi Sad had taken 1 of 15 points to Železničar Pančevo's 7.
The venue was Stadion FK Kabel in Novi Sad, with room for 2,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Železničar Pančevo led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.