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FK Napredak Kruševac host FK IMT Beograd on Thursday evening in the Mozzart Bet Superliga relegation round, and it’s a meeting with plenty on the line for both sides. For Napredak, this is about stopping the slide before it becomes a full-blown collapse. They’re stuck in a brutal winless spell and the margin for comfort is long gone. IMT arrive with a bit more breathing room and a better recent rhythm, but the relegation round doesn’t forgive sloppy nights. One bad result and the mood changes quickly.
The timing matters too. This is the sort of late-season fixture where urgency starts to outweigh polish. Napredak need a reaction in front of their own supporters, while IMT know a result here would strengthen their hand and keep the pressure off going into the final stretch. The first meeting between the sides in February ended 2-0 to IMT, so there’s a fresh memory of how this matchup can tilt when Napredak are forced to chase the game. That said, the return fixture in Kruševac gives the home side one more chance to reshape the narrative.
Napredak are limping into this one. Their last six results tell a grim story: defeats away to TSC Bačka Topola, Mladost Lučani, Vojvodina and Crvena zvezda, a home loss to TSC, and only a 2-2 draw with OFK Beograd to soften the blow. The pattern is ugly. They’re conceding early, losing control of matches, and then spending too much energy trying to claw their way back. In the 4-1 defeat at TSC on 19 April, they were second best in every area that mattered. TSC had 19 shots to Napredak’s six and 7 on target to just two. That’s not a close contest. That’s a side getting swamped.
Their current run is even harsher when you zoom out. Napredak are now 13 league games without a win, and they’ve lost their last four. The last time they tasted victory was all the way back on 7 December, a 2-1 home success over Železničar Pančevo. Since then, it’s been disappointment after disappointment. They’ve also gone 12 straight matches without a clean sheet, which tells you why they keep falling behind and why every game turns into a chase. Once they concede first, the pressure seems to crush them. They’ve started on the back foot so often that it’s become a habit.
Home form is the one area they’ll hope can spark some resistance, but even that doesn’t offer much comfort. The recent home draw with OFK Beograd and the 1-2 loss to TSC at their ground show a team that can compete for spells, yet rarely controls a match from start to finish. There’s some attacking life there — they found two goals against OFK — but their defensive structure is too fragile. Against a team that can counter cleanly and punish mistakes, Napredak’s back line has looked vulnerable from the opening whistle. Three wins from the last 13 league matches? No. Worse than that, they’re simply not managing games well enough to turn pressure into points.
IMT come into the trip with a far sturdier feel. Their last six matches have brought a neat mix of resilience and just enough quality: a 1-1 draw with Mladost Lučani at home, a 3-1 win at TSC Bačka Topola, a goalless draw with Vojvodina, a 3-3 draw away to OFK Beograd, a narrow home defeat to Crvena zvezda, and a 1-0 away win at Spartak Subotica. That’s not flawless, but it’s competitive. More to the point, it’s the sort of run that keeps a relegation-round side moving in the right direction. They’ve lost only once in their last five and haven’t been beaten in four.
The away results stand out. IMT’s 3-1 victory at TSC was a proper statement, not a fluke. They went to a difficult ground and won with authority, then earlier in the campaign they picked up a 1-0 success at Spartak. There’s a practical edge to them on the road. They don’t always need a flood of chances to hurt teams. If they can stay compact, draw opponents out and then hit with pace, they’ve shown they can take points from awkward venues. The 3-3 draw at OFK Beograd is also part of the picture. They’re not just hanging on away from home; they can trade blows when the match opens up.
Still, IMT haven’t been ruthless enough to turn control into comfort. The home draw with Mladost Lučani, despite producing 21 shots and seven on target, was a reminder that domination doesn’t always lead to three points. They should’ve won that one. Veljko Kijevčanin gave them the lead in the 21st minute, and even after Mladost equalised, IMT kept pushing until the end. They had the volume, but not the killer touch. That’s the one soft spot here. If Napredak can stay alive into the final quarter-hour, IMT may have to work harder than their recent away results suggest. But overall, they’re the side with more coherence, more confidence and a much better handle on the situation.
These two have already played out some lively meetings, and the recent history leans slightly toward goals and balance rather than cagey chess matches. IMT won the most recent clash 2-0 in Beograd on 8 February 2026, which will give them a bit of extra confidence heading into this away trip. Before that, Napredak beat them 3-1 in Kruševac last August, so there’s no one-way traffic here. Home advantage has mattered.
Go back a little further and the pattern stays open enough to keep both camps honest. IMT won 2-1 at home in May 2025, Napredak beat them 2-1 in the cup in April 2025, and the sides also shared draws in August 2024 and April 2024. The one meeting that really sticks out is IMT’s 4-0 win in Kruševac in November 2023. That’s the sort of result Napredak won’t have forgotten. It’s a warning. And it says plenty about how fragile this fixture can become if one side gets on top early.
We’re backing Away Win at 8/11 for this one. IMT have the cleaner recent form, the better away record in the last handful of matches, and they’re facing a Napredak side that simply can’t stop bleeding points. The hosts are 13 games without a win and haven’t kept a clean sheet in 12. That’s the killer line. If you’re backing Napredak, you’re basically betting on a sharp turnaround from nowhere.
The 1-2 correct score looks a fair read too. Napredak should be able to nick a goal at home, especially with IMT having shown they can be open at times, but the visitors have more about them in both boxes. They’ve already beaten TSC away, they’ve handled pressure on the road, and they should have enough to edge this. If you want a slightly safer route, Away Win and Both Teams To Score isn’t a bad angle, though the straight away victory remains the stronger call.
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