Delightful dogfight as daring Velez duel with determined Zeljeznicar

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vrapčići (7000 seats)

Velez battle Zeljeznicar for praise and victory.

Insights:
  • Velez have the most clean sheets (3) in Premier Liga
  • Zeljeznicar have lost all their away matches so far.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Velez and Zeljeznicar.

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Velez form and stats

Velez have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Premier Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Velez's last game was hosting Zeljeznicar (placed 4th) and winning 1-0. Sweet to taste a league win after three matches without.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sarajevo.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Velez handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Defensively Velez have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zeljeznicar form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Premier Liga ended in defeat. Last season Zeljeznicar had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 6, drew 3 and lost 7.

There might be some fixture complaints from Zeljeznicar as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-1 against Velez.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Igman Konjic.

Zeljeznicar are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

{0 goals} so far away for Zeljeznicar, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Velez-Zeljeznicar H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Velez four wins, Zeljeznicar three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZeljeznicarN. Mekić
N. Mekić
3 goals
VelezN. Anđušić
N. Anđušić
1 goals
VelezD. Zvonic
D. Zvonic
1 goals

Velez missing players

Zeljeznicar missing players

Velez Zeljeznicar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 4 1 Played P 1 2 5
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
7 7 1 Scored S 0 0 6
2 1 1 Conceded C 1 2 3
80% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 40%
20% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
60% 75% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
40% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 40%
 
7.2 7.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.5 4.6
4.4 3.5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3 4.2
1.2 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 6 4.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.6 15.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 3 3 8.4
4.8 5.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 0.5 3.2
29% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
 
7.6 5.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11 8.2
1.6 0.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.8
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Velez have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Velez have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Velez have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Velez have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zeljeznicar have scored away.
  • Velez have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most clean sheets (3) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Zeljeznicar have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Zeljeznicar have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Zeljeznicar have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zeljeznicar haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Velez Last season Zeljeznicar
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   16 33
11 7   Won W   6 15
12 7   Drew D   3 8
10 3   Lost L   7 10
40 30   Scored S   16 42
37 22   Conceded C   21 35
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
61% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 67%
30% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 42%
21% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 18%
9% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
42% 53%   BTTS BTTS   56% 55%
39% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   19% 27%
27% 12%   Failed to Score F T   31% 21%
 
3.7 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 5.5
4.1 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.6
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.5
1 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10.7 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 10.9
3.9 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.5
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%
 
8.8 7.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.3 7.6
3.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sarajevo 5 3 1 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 10
2 Siroki Brijeg 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 10
3 Borac Banja Luka 4 3 0 1 13 5 3 3 0 0 13 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 9
4 Zeljeznicar 4 3 0 1 6 2 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 9
5 Igman Konjic 5 3 0 2 8 9 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 5 8 -1 9
6 Zrinjski 2 2 0 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
7 Posusje 5 2 0 3 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 6
8 Velez 4 1 2 1 6 2 3 1 2 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 5
9 GOSK Gabela 6 1 2 3 6 11 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 -5 5
10 Tuzla City 4 1 0 3 6 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 5 -1 3
11 Sloga Doboj 5 1 0 4 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 2 12 -10 3
12 Zvijezda '09 Brgule 6 1 0 5 9 20 2 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 4 5 16 -11 3
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zrinjski 33 25 3 5 66 21 17 14 1 2 42 11 16 11 2 3 24 10 45 78
2 Borac Banja Luka 33 18 4 11 39 32 17 13 1 3 25 13 16 5 3 8 14 19 7 58
3 Zeljeznicar 33 15 8 10 42 35 17 9 5 3 26 14 16 6 3 7 16 21 7 53
4 Sarajevo 33 15 7 11 50 46 17 8 5 4 25 21 16 7 2 7 25 25 4 52
5 Siroki Brijeg 33 13 9 11 38 36 17 10 5 2 22 11 16 3 4 9 16 25 2 48
6 Velez 33 11 12 10 40 37 17 7 7 3 30 22 16 4 5 7 10 15 3 45
7 Tuzla City 33 10 7 16 43 46 16 6 4 6 26 17 17 4 3 10 17 29 -3 37
8 Igman Konjic 33 9 10 14 42 48 16 7 4 5 20 13 17 2 6 9 22 35 -6 37
9 Sloga Doboj 33 10 7 16 40 55 16 7 4 5 23 19 17 3 3 11 17 36 -15 37
10 Posusje 33 10 7 16 28 46 16 7 3 6 19 17 17 3 4 10 9 29 -18 37
11 Leotar 33 9 7 17 29 46 16 8 4 4 20 12 17 1 3 13 9 34 -17 34
12 Sloboda Tuzla 33 7 11 15 32 41 16 7 3 6 23 18 17 0 8 9 9 23 -9 32

Read more about Premier Liga

The BH Telecom Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH Telecom Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovie, or just Liga 12) is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has twelve teams who play each other three times for a total of 33 fixtures to create the final league table.