OFK Beograd vs Napredak Match Recap - Oct 18, 2025

Jay Enem’s Double Sparks OFK Beograd’s Rout as Napredak’s Woes Deepen in Belgrade

Under gray October skies at the Sportski Centar Fudbalskog saveza Srbije, OFK Beograd delivered their most emphatic performance of the Super Liga season, dismantling Napredak 4-0 in a display that reverberates far beyond the four goals on the scoreboard. For Jay Enem, the afternoon was a personal triumph; for Napredak, it was a stark measure of how far they have fallen.

The match began with both sides searching for early rhythm, but it was clear from the outset that OFK Beograd—buoyed by recent wins and a steadily climbing league position—were intent on seizing control. In the 17th minute, Enem, who has emerged as the club’s talismanic figure, found the breakthrough. Gathering a sharp pass on the edge of the area, he drove past his marker and fired clinically into the bottom corner, igniting the home crowd and deflating Napredak in equal measure.

Napredak, mired near the foot of the table with a single win in eleven, seemed to wilt in the face of OFK’s intensity. Their attempts to build possession were met by a disciplined midfield press. It was little surprise, then, when Enem doubled the advantage just before halftime. This time, he exploited a lapse in Napredak’s marking, rising unchallenged at the far post to head home a pinpoint cross—the kind of hungry, decisive finish that has defined his recent run, and signaled a second straight match with his name on the scoreboard.

Any hopes of a second-half resurgence for Napredak were dashed almost as soon as play resumed. Just five minutes in, Miljan Momčilović joined the celebration. Pouncing on a loose ball after a goalmouth scramble, he lashed it into the net, pushing OFK Beograd into a commanding three-goal lead and allowing coach and crowd alike to breathe easier.

With each passing minute, OFK Beograd’s confidence ballooned while Napredak’s resistance frayed. In the 72nd minute, substitute Hugo Alba capped the day’s scoring. Alba, typically a supporting actor in OFK’s ensemble, carved his moment into the script by weaving through two defenders before driving a low shot beyond the helpless keeper. The goal prompted a rare smile from the OFK technical area, and the sense that, on this evidence, a mid-table finish might merely be a stepping stone.

For Napredak, the defeat was both familiar and cruel. Their recent form—four losses in five matches, including a heavy defeat to Crvena Zvezda—had already left the club languishing in 16th place. Saturday’s collapse, marked by defensive confusion and a lack of attacking urgency, only deepens the crisis. There were no silver linings, no late consolations. The final whistle was met with resignation from the visiting bench, and for their traveling fans, uncertainty lingers over what comes next.

If the gulf in finishing was stark, so too was the difference in trajectory. After a rocky start to their campaign, OFK Beograd have quietly amassed 16 points from 11 outings, now sitting 7th in the standings and looking upward rather than over their shoulders. With three wins in their last five—two of them away from home—they are beginning to realize the potential glimpsed in the season’s opening weeks. Enem, in particular, has emerged as both catalyst and closer, driving the attack with a scoring run that brings much-needed ruthlessness to OFK’s play.

Napredak, meanwhile, must reckon with the table. Seven points from eleven matches is relegation form, and with each heavy loss, belief ebbs further. Recent head-to-head meetings have rarely offered reprieve; if anything, today’s result extends a pattern of OFK dominance, and underscores the new realities of the two clubs’ contrasting fortunes.

Red cards and disciplinary drama never entered the script; this was a contest decided by quality, hunger, and the irrepressible influence of a center forward at the peak of his confidence. For OFK Beograd, the message is clear: the season’s middle third offers a platform to vault further up the Super Liga table, and if Enem continues in this vein, the conversation around Beograd’s ambitions could soon shift from survival to something altogether more optimistic.

For Napredak, the stakes grow heavier. A fifth straight loss means the calendar’s turn to late October brings not just falling leaves, but the encroaching shadow of the relegation zone. Their next fixtures now take on greater urgency. The road ahead will demand a response in character and resolve, or the months to come promise only more afternoons like this—where the gulf in class is measured not just in goals, but in hope itself.