To meet the opponent - Čukarički

MUTUAL DUELS

Crvena zvezda and Čukarički have played 66 games so far, including all competitions. In meetings between city rivals, our club won 53 matches, with four draws and nine defeats with a goal difference of 107:37.

The last game we played with Brđani was in the final of the Serbian Cup, when we won 2:1 at Maracana. The double scorer for our club was Aleksandar Pešić, and Zvezda won the 13th double crown on May 25, 2023.

Looking through the club's history, we achieved the most convincing victory against the popular "Čuka" in the 1996/97 season, when we celebrated with 8:1 goals from Jovicic (3), Vulević (2), Anić, Mićić and Marinović.

ALWAYS BE WITH THE STAR

All fans of our club will be able to secure tickets for the duel of the seventh round of the domestic championship at the "Rajko Mitić" stadium on Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The price for the eastern stand, which is intended for star players, is 500 dinars, and for the western stand 600 dinars. Also, on the day of the match, tickets will only be available for purchase at the FC Čukarički stadium, from 4 p.m. until the start of the match.

All fans who will not be able to cheer on our first team live in the last challenge before the first game of the group stage of the Champions League in England, will be able to watch through the studio program on the Zvezda TV channel, which starts an hour before the game and continues during the match itself. , as well as at Arena Premium 1 from 18:05.

If you are not able to follow the live video broadcast, you can be with our boys on Zvezda's application, via text transmission on our Match Center, which is active at every game, minute by minute, as well as on the official Twitter account of our club.

TEAM FORM

Crvena zvezda, after six played rounds, has a record of five wins and one loss, with a total of 15 points won. At the opening of the season, we outclassed Vojvodina with 5:0, then we defeated Napredak with 4:0, were better than Mladosta from Lucca with 4:1 and triumphed over Spartak with a score of 3:0. This was followed by the first defeat of the season against Voždovac on the away field, while in the last game in the Super League of Serbia we beat Novi Pazar with 2:1 at the celebration of the 60th birthday of the Maracana. The efficiency of the red and whites led us to a goal difference of 20:5, which demonstrated a very attacking football, and showed the best offensive of all the teams in the championship.

On the other hand, Čukarički is currently the sixth team in the domestic championship table with nine points won, with a goal difference of 8:8. The team from Banovo brdo has already experienced a change on the bench during the season, and currently the former captain of the team Igor Matić is leading the team from Brđa as the head of the coaching staff. Cukaricki's statistics read two wins, three draws and one loss. Our future rival triumphed over Radnički from Niš (2:0) and Radnički from Kragujevac (1:2), while they drew with Javor (2:2) and Radnik (0:0). Their only defeat was against IMT, and it was very convincing with 3:0. In the qualifiers for the Europa League - Čukarički was eliminated from Olympiakos with a total score of 6:1, and this competitive year they will compete in the Conference League.

OPPOSING PLAYERS

Čukarički plays in the 4-2-3-1 game system. In goal is the young Filip Samurović, who arrived at Banovo Brdo from Mačva, and there are also Nenad Filipović and Nemanja Belić. The last line consists of right back Miladin Stevanović, who has over 150 appearances for Čukarički, then the stopper tandem of 20-year-old Luka Subotic and newcomer Ognjen Vranješ, and Nemanja Tošić acts at the end of the left out line. The two back midfielders are the captain Marko Docić and the Mali international - Sambou Sissoko, while the young Igor Miladinović, who was born in 2003, is slightly more prominent in front of them. Skilled dribbler Luka Adžić, former first team member of our club, and reinforcement from Novi Pazar - Bojica Nikčević appear on the flanks. The center forward position is intended to reinforce Sunday Adetunji. Options from the bench are Nikola Stanković, Ibrahim Endiaje, Mihajlo Cvetković, Samuel Ovusu, Luka Stojanović, Stefan Kovač, Viktor Rogan...

MATCH REFEREES

Chief referee: Miloš Milanović.

First assistant: Milan Šutulović.

Second assistant: Petar Radić.

Fourth referee: Ivan Stamenković.

VAR: Momčilo Marković.

AVAR: Miloš Karadžić.

OTHER MATCHES

Saturday:

-19:00 TSC - Railwayman

-19:00 Vozdovac - Mladost

-20:15 Spartak - Vojvodina

Sunday:

-16:00 Radnički 1923 - Javor

-17:00 Novi Pazar - Napredak

-19:30 Radnički Niš - IMT

-19:35 Partizan - Radnik