Red Star, Partizan through to round of last 16 of Serbian football cup

BELGRADE/NOVI SAD - Serbian arch-rivals Red Star and Partizan are both through to the round of last 16 of the national football cup after convincing wins against their respective opponents on Wednesday evening.

Playing at their Rajko Mitic Stadium as visitors, Red Star demolished Superliga minnows Tekstilac Odzaci 7-0 thanks to goals from Aleksandar Katai (7 min pen, 29 min, 59 min), Andrija Maksimovic (12 min pen), Luka Ilic (57 min) and Uros Sremcevic (65 min, 89 min).

In Novi Sad, Partizan defeated home side Mladost GAT 3-0.

Ibrahim Zubairu (14 min), Mihaklo Ilic (55 min) and Nemanja Nikolic (83 min) provided the goals for Partizan.

The other cup matches were:

OFK Belgrade vs Vozdovac 2-2 (4-2 on penalties)

Dubocica vs Mladost Lucani 0-2

OFK Vrsac vs TSC 1-1, (3-5 on penalties)

Novi Sad vs Spartak 1-2

Trepca vs Radnicki Nis 0-6

Radnicki Sremska Mitrovica vs Vojvodina 0-1

Graficar vs Zeleznicar 2-1

Zemun vs Javor 1-2

FAP vs Radnik 2-3

Indjija vs Radnicki Kragujevac 0-1

Smederevo vs Novi Pazar 1-3

Jedinstvo vs Cukaricki 0-1

Sloboda vs Napredak 2-2 (2-4 on penalties)

Macva vs IMT 0-1