No one in Serbia knows the reason for Partizan's bad form and their results, they didn't have such a bad start but they made some results that shocked all the fans and that has never happened since the club was founded. A month ago, they were defeated at home by a team that is fighting for survival. Mladost GAT beat them at home with a score of 0:4 and that is one of the biggest shames and embarrassments of the Partizan FC team.
As for Red Star, they have been constant for the last 8 years, dominating the Serbian championship, and soon they will lift the cup for the ninth time in a row. This year they left all the clubs behind, the second place is Partizan with 21 points less than Crvena Zvezda.
Zvezda has great fans on the European stage, let's go back to 2018 and 2019 when they played in the group stage of the Champions League, each match was attended by over 50,000 fans and that is an additional motivation and a wind at the back of the players.
maybe you should give a clearer explanation of this league, for those outside the local speaking area. here I will help you.
the league is one of the most corrupt. The winning streak of Red Star is the result of the influence of one person. a person who enjoys the greatest power in the state and happily abuses it. (of course, he is a big fan of Red Star).
if we are talking about the fans who follow CZ at the Euro matches, it is common knowledge that a part receives a salary for it, and everything is financed from illegal sources and there are certain links that come from the drug trade. Even if this club comes from a big city with more than 2mil. citizens, at regular matches (non-Euro competitions or derby against Partizan), they have a visit of only a few thousand spectators.
already at the beginning of the season, you know who should win the league and who should be relegated, and the football results themselves are not decisive. the best evidence is the current elections for the leadership of the league and the federation, where people like Nemanja Vidic and Nemanja Matic are vilified in order to keep control of Serbian football by people with criminal records.
this league is the playground of an autocrat and a group of very greedy and corrupt people. it's a wonder how much tolerance UEFA has there.