Železničar Pančevo vs Zemun

With the game fluctuating end-to-end, there was no single decisive moment. Železničar's ability to respond after each Zemun goal — particularly after Petrović's double had put the visitors ahead — demonstrated the resilience Koković will want to carry into the SuperLiga campaign. Both teams appeared to treat the match primarily as a conditioning exercise rather than a result-driven contest.

• Dimitrije Tabaković (Zemun) — The 22-year-old left winger, valued at €450k per Transfermarkt, opened the scoring and showed the dribbling threat that makes him Zemun's most dangerous attacking outlet. He scored 26'15" vs Jedinstvo Ub last season from 30 metres, and his ability to strike from range was again on display.

• Đorđe Petrović (Zemun) — The young forward netted a second-half brace and caused consistent problems for the Železničar defence with his movement off the shoulder of the last defender.

• Železničar's collective response — Without confirmed individual goalscorers on the home side, the team's willingness to fight back from behind twice showed positive early-season mentality under Koković.

The 3-3 scoreline continues a recent trend of high-scoring affairs between these sides. Their head-to-head record now stands at two wins for Železničar and one draw from three meetings since 2020, with ten total goals across those fixtures (3.33 per game). Prior to this match, neither team had scored more than 2.5 goals in any meeting between them, making the six-goal haul a notable outlier.

Both teams approached the game as a fitness-building exercise rather than a competitive fixture, which likely contributed to the open nature of play and the number of goals conceded from each side.

For Železničar Pančevo, this was the first step in a pre-season that includes a training camp in Moravske Toplice, Slovenia starting 26 June, followed by friendlies against Wolfsberger (30 June), Maribor (4 July), CSKA 1948 (7 July) and Debrecen (9 July). Koković's men will be targeting a strong start to the 2026/27 Mozzart Bet SuperLiga season, with the added carrot of European qualification after last season's top-half finish.

Zemun continue their own pre-season build-up with further friendlies scheduled ahead of the new Prva Liga campaign.

A predictably open pre-season friendly that told both managers more about squad depth and fitness than about competitive sharpness. Železničar will take encouragement from their fighting spirit, while Zemun's attacking threat — particularly through Tabaković — suggests they could be dangerous in the lower divisions this season. The real tests begin in Slovenia for the home side.