FK IMT Beograd host FK Mladost Lučani on Sunday evening, 19 April 2026, in the Mozzart Bet Superliga’s Relegation Round, with both sides trying to put daylight between themselves and the danger zone. This is the part of the season where every point feels bigger than the last one. One clean result can settle nerves; one bad afternoon can drag a team straight back into the mess.
For IMT, there’s a chance to keep the momentum from that sharp 3-1 win away at FK TSC Bačka Topola on 8 April and turn it into a proper home push. Mladost arrive with a different mood after beating Napredak Kruševac 2-0 on the same day, but they’ve been far more erratic across the last month. They’ve got enough quality to make this awkward. They’ve also shown a habit of switching off.
FK IMT Beograd Form & Analysis
IMT’s recent run has had a bit of everything, which is probably why they’re such an awkward side to pin down. They drew 0-0 at home to Vojvodina on 4 April, having already shared a wild 3-3 away at OFK Beograd on 21 March. Before that came the narrow 2-1 home defeat to Red Star on 14 March, a game where they were competitive for long spells but still came up short against better finishing.
The bigger picture is more encouraging than that lone defeat suggests. They beat Spartak Subotica 1-0 away on 8 March, then held Radnik Surdulica 0-0 at home before producing their best away showing of the spring at TSC. That 3-1 victory was no smash-and-grab either. IMT posted 1.09 xG to TSC’s 0.61, won the shot count 9-5 and landed four efforts on target to one. The penalty was a useful break, but they still had to finish the job properly. They did. That counts for plenty.
What stands out most is that IMT aren’t easy to shake off when they’re settled. Their last six have brought two wins, three draws and only one defeat. They’ve also been hard to beat at the right moments, even if the football can wobble from sterile to lively in the space of a week. The question at home is whether they can turn those decent away habits into something more ruthless on their own pitch. If they do, Mladost will have a problem.
The home numbers would usually tell us more, but there isn’t a clean season split to lean on here. Still, the pattern is obvious enough from the results: IMT have been tight in several games, but when they’ve opened up they’ve looked dangerous. Charly Keita has given them a live threat, and the mix of penalties, transitional attacks and late pressure has made them awkward opponents. That won’t be easy for Mladost to contain if the game gets stretched.
FK Mladost Lučani Form & Analysis
Mladost come into this off a tidy 2-0 home win over Napredak, and it was a convincing one. They controlled the game from the start, going ahead through Irfan Hadžić after six minutes before Jovan Ćirić added a penalty early in the second half. The shot count was 17-5, the on-target count 8-2, and Napredak barely laid a glove on them. On that evidence, they’re capable of looking composed and efficient when the match plays to their rhythm.
The trouble is that Mladost haven’t been able to keep that level for long. Before Napredak, they drew 1-1 away at Radnički 1923 and 1-1 at home to Partizan. Those are respectable results, sure, but they were sandwiched around a miserable 5-0 hammering away to Železničar Pančevo and a 2-0 home loss to Novi Pazar, after an earlier 3-1 defeat at Čukarički. That’s a rough swing. Three losses in that six-match block came by a combined margin that tells its own story.
This is the sort of side that can look organised one week and brittle the next. There’s no real mystery about the attacking ceiling; Mladost can create and finish enough to trouble teams, especially when they start well. The bigger concern is how quickly things can unravel if they concede first or lose their shape. They’ve gone through games where they simply couldn’t slow the tempo down. When that happens, they get dragged around.
There’s a decent road test waiting for them here too. Mladost haven’t exactly been stable away from home, and that heavy loss at Železničar still hangs over their recent away record. They did take a point at Radnički 1923, which shows they can survive on the road if they keep the game controlled, but this trip feels trickier than that. IMT are in better rhythm, and if Mladost leave space between the lines, they’ll get exposed.
Head-to-Head
These two have already built up a fairly lively recent rivalry. Mladost beat IMT 3-1 in Belgrade on 23 November 2025, which is the latest meeting and the one the home fans won’t forget in a hurry. Before that, though, IMT had their own say. They thrashed Mladost 3-0 at home on 9 March 2025 and also won 2-1 in Lučani in the Mozzart Kup Srbije on 4 December 2024. Go back a little further and the pattern stays mixed, with Mladost edging a 1-0 home win in October 2024 and IMT winning 2-1 in April that year.
So there’s no one-way traffic here. Still, the old edge isn’t hard to spot: five of the seven meetings saw Mladost score first. That matters. IMT can live with pressure, but if they’re forced to chase this could become messy. If they get in front, though, the balance of the game shifts fast.
We Predict: Home Win
We’re backing IMT to win this at 8/11. It’s not a wild call. Their recent form is cleaner, their performance away at TSC was properly convincing, and Mladost have been too inconsistent to trust on the road. Sunday evening in Belgrade should give the hosts enough of an edge to take control for spells, and that’s usually when Mladost start to wobble.
The 2-1 correct score feels live. IMT have the better momentum, but Mladost have enough going forward to nick one themselves, especially given the recent head-to-head trend of them scoring first in several meetings. That said, the home side look likelier to manage the key moments. If you wanted a slightly safer angle, IMT on the draw no bet route would still look sensible, but the straight home win is the call here.
