Match Report
34 points separated the sides: Mladost Novi Sad 3rd on 65, Sloboda Užice 8th on 31. Mladost Novi Sad had been under-performing their position — 26th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Sloboda Užice 0.62 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Mladost Novi Sad 1.16 and 0.84, with the league averaging 1.06.
Sloboda Užice had not won in 8 games. From the last five rounds, Sloboda Užice held 2 points of 15 and Mladost Novi Sad 10.
The match was played at Gradski Stadion in Uzice (capacity 9,949). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.