Sutjeska cruise past Mladost DG with five-goal display
Sutjeska made light work of Mladost DG in the First League's fifth round on Thursday evening, running out 5-1 winners at home. The result leaves both sides level on four points after five games, though the hosts sit eighth while the visitors languish in tenth. B. Toskovic took centre stage with a brace, but more importantly he was part of a performance that felt decisive from the start. And here's the thing — you can see the pattern forming in these opening rounds.
The opener arrived early, in the tenth minute, when Toskovic found the net to settle any nerves about how the game might unfold. It was the kind of goal that changes the complexion of a match, even one played at this level. Mladost DG tried to respond but the yellow card in the twenty-eighth minute shifted the balance further. By then, Sutjeska had already established they would not be denied.
The second goal came in the thirty-second minute, extending the advantage before the break and putting the visitors on the back foot. Then came the flurry around the hour mark — a goal in the forty-eighth, another in the fiftieth, and a third in the sixtieth. Toskovic struck again in the fiftieth, his second of the night, before a sixth goal in the eightieth minute sealed matters. The ninth-minute yellow card for Mladost DG was almost an afterthought by then.
Statistics rarely tell the full story, but they confirm what the eye test showed. Sutjeska registered eleven shots on target to Mladost DG's two, and while the visitors edged attacks 117 to 99, the quality of chances told a different tale. Possession was evenly split at 52-48, but shots off target for the hosts were six compared to eight for the guests — more of the same pattern. The difference was in execution, and Sutjeska never got out of second gear.
Both teams arrive at this stage with identical records — one win, one draw, three defeats — but the psychological weight of a mid-table clash is always heavier than the table suggests. Mladost DG's recent form included a 2-1 win over Otran-Olimpic and a 1-1 draw with Lovcen, yet this match exposed vulnerabilities that had been hidden. Sutjeska, meanwhile, have shown flashes of promise including a 1-2 loss to MKK-Dnepr earlier in the season.
The final whistle confirmed a comfortable victory, with Toskovic adding a third goal in the ninety-third minute to complete his treble. The stadium fell silent for the visitors, and the result extended Sutjeska's unbeaten run in terms of not losing — though they still have work to do. What matters now is whether this performance can be replicated, because one good game does not make a season. The draw brought them together early in the standings, but today's result leaves little doubt about who wanted it more.