Vladan Milojević's side produced a fine performance against an in-form Radnički side in Niš and returned to Belgrade with deserved three points. Nenad Krstičić's early opener was denied by Crvena zvezda's on-loan striker Milan Pavkov, but it proved to be only a minor setback as Pešić and Ben Nabouhane scored in second half to ensure the win.
Ground: Čair Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Majo Vujović
Goalscorers: Pavkov 43' - Krstičić 7', Pešić (pen) 57', Ben 60'
Teams:
Radnički: Živković, Saša Stojanović, Mrkić, Aksentijević, Petrović, Subić, Mićić, Pavkov, Simunović, Babić, Miladinović.
Substitutes: Šaranov, Stanković, Stevanović, Slaviša Stojanović, Stanisavljević, Jovanović, Noma.
Crvena zvezda: Borjan, Stojković, Le Tallec, Babić, Rodić, Jovičić, Krstičić, Luka Ilić, Adžić, Ben Nabouhane, Pešić.
Substitutes: Supić, Gobeljić, Savić, Račić, Milijaš, Milić, Radonjić.
Čair Stadium hosted a very good game featuring two quality sides and the fans were treated with an entertaining match.
Nenad Krstičić poked home to put Zvezda in front after a Ben corner on 7 minutes. The away team bossed the game and El Fardou Ben was unlucky not to extend the lead with a couple of good chances.
Radnički improved as first half wore on and were level just before the break when Milan Pavkov side-footed in after Crvena zvezda's defenders failed to clear a square ball from Radnički's Babić.
It was Aleksandar Pešić who put his team ahead again. He confidently converted a penalty kick after he'd been pulled to the ground in the box.
Just three minutes later the points looked secure as El Fardou Ben Nabouhane struck home after playing a neat one-two with Pešić.
There were great performances across the team on a day pretty much everything went right for table-topping Crvena zvezda.
There was also a welcome return to the action for central defender Vujadin Savić who came off the bench late on.