Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Mačva Šabac 6th with 51 points, Novi Sad 7th with 28, 23 apart. On recent form Novi Sad sat only 24th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.96 goals per team per game, Mačva Šabac ran at 5.14 scored and 4.14 conceded, Novi Sad at 4.71 and 8.86.
The last-five ledger: Mačva Šabac 9/15, Novi Sad 3/15.
The venue was Stadion FK Mačva in Sabac, with room for 8,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.