Novi Pazar beat Železničar-Pančevo 2-0 in the Serbian Super Liga, Regular Season - 8, on 2026-09-04. The hosts sat 9th on 8 points from 7 games, while the visitors were 7th on 8 points from 5. By then the gap had opened slightly, and Novi Pazar had proved they could take all three away from home.
Papa Amady Gadio opened the scoring at 53 minutes, after a patchy first half. Johnson Agwom Dauda had picked up a yellow card at 13, was substituted at 38, and Nemanja Vidojevic saw a goal cancelled by VAR at 42. Mamane Moustapha Amadou Sabo went offside for a yellow at 43, and the visitors switched off at the back when it mattered.
Kaheim Dixon doubled the lead at 86 minutes, but the game had already been decided. There was a flurry of substitutions around the 70-minute mark, and four yellow cards came at 88 minutes — Marko Ćurić, Adem Ljajić, Nikola Đuričić, and Ivan Davidović all joined the list. Dixon saw it out after that, and the hosts held firm.
Novi Pazar managed 37 per cent possession and 4 shots on target from 12 attempts, with 29 per cent accuracy. Železničar-Pančevo had 63 per cent possession and 3 shots on target from 5 attempts, with 38 per cent accuracy. Both sides created zero big chances, and the visitors threw bodies in the way without finding a way through.
The result left Novi Pazar on 11 points from 8 games and Železničar-Pančevo on 8 from 6. The hosts had drawn with Mачva and lost to Radnik Surdulica in their last two, while the visitors had won 5-1 against Radnik Surdulica before that. This was a win that mattered more than the numbers suggested.
