With seven overall victories in the Kup Srbije, Serbia’s most important cup competition, Partizan Belgrade are the record winners. However, the hated city rivals Red Star Belgrade, of all teams, played an almost surreal season in the Super Liga Srbije. The Crveno-beli remained unbeaten, won 35 of 38 league games and picked up an incredible 108 out of a possible 114 points. With a corresponding tailwind, Red Star will now also enter the cup final.
The whole of Serbia will be watching on Tuesday evening as the nation’s two flagships face each other in the so-called “eternal derby”. A derby that thrives above all on the fact that the distance between the two stadiums of the two clubs is less than one kilometre.
As in the past, we expect a rather close match. Therefore, we see the greatest value for Red Star Belgrade against Partizan Belgrade in betting on less than 3 goals. After all, that’s all the goals scored in the last six Belgrade derbies.
Prediction & Live Odds for Red Star Belgrade vs. Partizan Belgrade
When it comes to Red Star Belgrade vs Partizan Belgrade, the prediction has to take into account that a lot can happen in the “Eternal Derby”. Despite the difference in the league standings, the two arch-rivals have mostly met on equal terms. If the last ten Belgrade derbies did not end in a draw, they were always decided by only one goal difference, with just one exception.
- Eight of the last nine “eternal derbies” have seen a maximum of two goals scored
- Red Star Belgrade remain unbeaten in the league, picking up 108 points out of a possible 114
- Partizan Belgrade have lost only one of their last six derbies against Red Star Belgrade
In eight of the last nine “eternal derbies”, a maximum of two goals were scored. In five of the last six encounters, only one side scored. Accordingly, we see the greatest value in betting on another low-scoring match in the Serbian capital.
Odds of 1.65 are available for under 2.5 goals ✅ for Red Star Belgrade against Partizan Belgrade.
Red Star Belgrade – Statistics & Current Form
The football club Red Star Belgrade is still one of the biggest Eastern European clubs. In the eternal table of the league of the former Yugoslavia, Crvena zvezda occupies first place. In 1991, the Crveno-beli (the Red and Whites) even won the European Champion Clubs’ Cup.
Nevertheless, in Serbia they were usually behind city and arch-rivals Partizan Belgrade, who have won more titles since the founding of the Super Liga Srbije. All the more balm for the fans’ souls is the current phase. Just recently, Red Star finally won their fourth championship in a row.
108 out of a possible 114 points in league play.
In the process, national supremacy has even returned to the hands of the Crveno-beli with exclamation marks. With 108 out of a possible 114 points, Dejan Stankovic’s men finally just set a new points record. 35 of the 38 league games were won.
With not a single defeat, the other three games ended in draws – including the Belgrade derby at the Partizan Stadium last October. In the end, it was a 13-point lead over their city rivals that Red Star crossed the finish line with.
The first cup win in nine years?
In all respects, the Crveno-beli were superior to their city rivals. The incredible 114 goals from 38 league games (exactly three on average) were the best in the Super Liga Srbije, as were the just 20 goals conceded (0.53 per game).
It is therefore no surprise that Stankovic’s side are now favourites to win the Kup Srbije final, which Crvena zvezda have not won for nine years. Bookmaker Interwetten, tested by Wettbasis, offers odds of 2.25 on Red Star Belgrade vs Partizan Belgrade for the Crveno-beli to now also manage the national double.
Predicted line-up of Red Star Belgrade:
Borjan – Rodic – Milunovic – Pankov – Gajic – Petrovic – Sanogo – Ben – Nikolic – Ivanic – Falcinelli
Partizan Belgrade – Statistics & Current Form
FK Partizan Belgrade celebrated eleven national championships in Yugoslavia before the Crno-beli (in German: die Schwarz-Weißen) became the absolute measure of all things, especially in the last 30 years.
At the time of Serbia and Montenegro, they were the national record champions, and in the subsequently founded Super Liga Srbije, no other club was able to win the championship as often as Partizan Belgrade.
Missed out on the championship for the fourth time in a row
Since winning their eighth and most recent Super League title in the summer of 2017, however, the Crno-beli have always lost out to their hated city rivals Red Star. Despite a strong season in itself, those involved are correspondingly dissatisfied with the final table, which shows a gap of 13 points to first place.
Partizan won 31 of 38 league games and finished the season as runners-up with a 21-point lead over third-placed Cukaricki. With 95:20 goals, both the offensive and defensive values were also right.
Only one of the last six “eternal derbies” lost
Now, in the cup final, Aleksandar Stanojevic’s side will have to show that they are closer to their city rivals than the 13-point difference in the final league table would suggest. A cup win, with which the Crno-beli would further extend their status as Serbia’s record cup winners, could bring the season to a conciliatory end.
Red Star Belgrade vs Partizan Belgrade tip 2 is also not under the worst omens because Partizan have lost only one of the last six Belgrade derbies (three wins, two draws).
Predicted line-up of Partizan Belgrade:
Stojkovic – Urosevic – Vujacic – Markovic – Miljkovic – Scekic – Zdjelar – Jojic – Natcho – Jovic – Holender