OFK Beograd claimed a narrow 1:0 victory over Zemun in the Serbian SuperLiga, moving into regular season round 6 on Saturday evening. Tjay De Barr's late first-half opener proved decisive when Zemun were reduced to ten men shortly after. The result leaves the hosts eighth in the table with eight points, while the visitors remain winless at the bottom with just one point from seven games.
The match settled into a rhythm before De Barr broke the deadlock in the twenty-ninth minute. It came from sustained pressure, OFK Beograd pushing forward with purpose and creating something worth taking. De Barr finished cleanly enough to give his side a lead they would not relinquish.
By then, Zemun had already weathered a yellow card through Vasilije Bakić in the seventeenth, but the game turned at the hour mark. Uroš Ljubomirac picked up a second booking in the forty-ninth and was shown the red card, leaving the visitors to chase the game with a man down. And here's the thing about playing a man short against a side with any energy — it changes everything.
The statistics tell the story of control. OFK Beograd held seventy per cent possession, registered twelve shots to Zemun's two, and created two big chances while the visitors managed none. Of the eleven shots Zemun attempted, only one found the target. They blocked three and made twenty-nine clearances, but the defensive work could not compensate for the numerical deficit.
Substitutions flowed after the red card, with both sides bringing on fresh legs. OFK Beograd introduced Nemanja Kalat and Marko Šarić in the fifty-fourth, while Zemun responded with Aderoju Hameed Ayinde and Ognjen Ilić at the same time. The hosts also brought on De Barr himself in the seventy-first, suggesting they were managing their advantage.
For OFK Beograd, this is a fourth point from three games — not a perfect start, but enough momentum after their opening defeat away to Tsukaricki. Zemun, meanwhile, remain rooted to the foot of the table with a goal difference of minus twelve. That is a long way to go from nothing, and the gap between them and safety has only widened.