ZEMUN, Serbia (Interstat) — Javor scored three second-half goals and beat Teleoptik 3-2 on Monday in a Serbian Prva Liga match. Milan Mirosavljev scored in the 49th minute, Miroslav Maricic in the 76th and Nikola Todosijevic in the 81st for Javor. Teleoptik got both of its goals from Filip Ivelja, who played the full 90 minutes. Javor improved to 9-1-6 in this competition and 10-1-6 across all competitions. Teleoptik fell to 3-9-4 in this competition and 4-9-4 overall. The result gave Javor its ninth competition win of the season and left Teleoptik with its ninth competition loss.

Ivelja’s two-goal performance was the main attacking return for Teleoptik. Todosijevic, Mirosavljev and Maricic each scored once for Javor. Mirosavljev and Maricic were each substituted in the 82nd minute after scoring. Todosijevic completed 90 minutes for Javor. Javor had won the most recent head-to-head meeting 5-1 earlier this season and entered the match on a strong run in the competition. Javor had beaten Jedinstvo Krusevac, Metalac and Bor 1919 in its previous three competition matches before a draw with Graficar Beograd. Teleoptik had won two of its previous four matches in the competition before Monday, beating Mladost and Metalac while losing to TSC and Vrsac.

Javor’s L. Konstantinov was booked in the 36th minute and Teleoptik’s F. Markisic in the 40th. Javor’s S. Mitrovic was shown a yellow card in the 78th. Teleoptik made substitutions involving Markisic and M. Ninic in the 60th, S. Mladenovic in the 69th, S. Scepovic in the 70th and L. Radosavljevic in the 77th. Javor’s substitutions included K. Saliman in the 61st, Mirosavljev, Mitrovic and Maricic in the 82nd, and Konstantinov in the 86th.

Javor’s competition schedule before Monday included a 3-1 win at Jedinstvo Krusevac, a 2-1 win at Metalac and a 3-0 home win over Bor 1919. Javor also drew 1-1 at Graficar Beograd, beat Borac 1926 3-1 at home, drew 1-1 at Dubocica, beat Naftagas 4-2 at home, drew 2-2 at Loznica, drew 1-1 with Vozdovac and won 3-1 at Smederevo. Teleoptik’s competition results before Monday included a 2-1 home win over Mladost, a 2-1 home loss to TSC, a 1-0 loss at Vrsac, a 3-0 win at Metalac, a 2-0 home win over Bor 1919, a 4-1 loss at Graficar Beograd, a 2-1 home loss to Borac 1926, a 2-0 loss at Dubocica, a 1-1 home draw with Naftagas and a 1-1 draw at Loznica.

The decisive stretch came after halftime. Javor broke through in the 49th through Mirosavljev, then added goals when Maricic scored in the 76th and Todosijevic in the 81st. Teleoptik’s two goals from Ivelja kept the hosts within reach, but Javor closed out the result in the closing minutes. The visitors’ second-half scoring burst proved decisive in a match that produced five goals. Javor’s win strengthened its position in the competition, while Teleoptik remained in search of consistent form. Javor is scheduled to host TSC next, while Teleoptik is set to visit Ub. Javor then is set to visit Vrsac and Ub in its following competition matches. Teleoptik is scheduled to host Sp. Subotica and then visit Krusevac in its next two competition matches.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Javor 3, Teleoptik 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave Javor a 58.4 percent probability to win. Javor had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1. The total score of 5 went under the over/under line of 2.5.