Javor Ivanjica vs Žarkovo

Recap

Javor enters this match after midweek match in Serbian Cup against team Radnik Surdulica. In that match they were defeated after penalty series because the match ended 1:1 after 90 minutes. In that match they were better team but in this match main role had a referee which has made numerous mistakes in Javor’s damage and that have costed Javor placements in the next round. Javor is currently on 2nd position in Serbian First league with 10 wins and 4 draws from 16 matches in new season. Their coach Igor Tufegdzic was quite angry after their last match in Serbian cup but he said that his team must now focused to First league because their main goal is to achieve promotion to Super league. Javor is playing in 4-3-3 formation since the start of the season. For this match, their coach will have couple unavailable players; their important midfielder NenadSevic is suspended after he got red card in their last league game, while their striker AlijaKrnic is still injured and he will not be in the combination for this match.

Zarkovo is recently in very good form, they are undefeated in last 5 matches which they have mostly played against team who are fighting for the promotion to Super league. They are currently on 9th position in Serbian First league with 5 wins and 5 draws from 16 matches in new season. Their coach Dejan Radjenovic said that he is happy with the performances of his players recently and he hopes that they continue to play in that manner. He said also that he would be even happier if his players managed to win in last match but they didn’t remain focused until end of the match which costed them to allow a goal in 92 minute after a corner kick. Zarkovo is playing in 4-2-3-1 formation since the start of the season. For this match, their coach Radjenovic will have couple unavailable players; their first team right back Nikola Vujovic is still injured and he will not play since the end of autumn part of the season, while their striker Marko Rajic is suspended for this match and he will not be able to help his teammates in this match against Javor.