Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — OFK Beograd 1st with 73 points, Novi Sad 7th with 28, 45 apart. Novi Sad had been under-performing their position — 24th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Novi Sad were scoring 4.71 and conceding 8.86, OFK Beograd 9.43 and 5, against a competition average of 1.96 goals per team per game.
Novi Sad had lost three in a row. OFK Beograd had not lost in 6 games. The last-five ledger: Novi Sad 1/15, OFK Beograd 11/15.
Stadion na Detelinari in Novi Sad, capacity 2,150, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.