National Cup: Javor v Partizan preview

On Wednesday, Partizan is away to Javor as part of National Cup Last 8 one-legged fixtures, 1pm kick-off.

In total, Partizan played three cup games against Javor so far:

2004 Last 8 stage: Javor – Partizan: 0-2

2005 Last 32 stage: Partizan-Javor: 2-0

2016 National Cup final: Partizan-Javor: 2-0

TEAM NEWS

Ostojic, Mitrovic and Tosic are injured while Soumah remains doubtful after recovering from illness. Kosovic started training but he lacks match fitness.

MIROSLAV DJUKIC ON JAVOR CUP TIE:

– We want to reach cup final and win this trophy as Partizan strives on trophies. I`m sure Javor will try to trouble us a lot but we want to keep our winning streak intact and show we are on the road of recovery.

We are looking good now, team`s confidence is on the rise especially after excellent frist half performance against Cukaricki.

We will practice penalty-kicks as you never know what might happen but we would love to finish the game off within regular time.

Mitrovic feels pain in his foot while Soumah just recovered from illness and only did a bit of runs yesterday. But, I`m not going to shuffle the team much as we find cup competition quite important for us.

NATIONAL CUP LAST 8 FIXTURES

Wednesday, 14.03.2018.

13h, Javor Matis – Partizan (Arena Sport TV1 LIVE)

15.30h, Mačva – Crvena Zvezda (Arena Sport TV1 LIVE)

17h, Napredak – Čukarički

17h, Vojvodina – Mladost