Zrinjski welcome Velez as odds-on favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Tue 10.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

Zrinjski have been superior to Velez so far, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Zrinjski have the most scored goals (68) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Velez have scored away.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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 Zrinjski and Velez.

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Zrinjski form and stats

Zrinjski have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier Liga with 14 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. Zrinjski haven’t lost a league-game in 19 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Radnik Bijeljina, 230 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Antonio Soldo not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.

Zrinjski enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sloboda Tuzla's place. The match ended 2-0 with Šakota and Jakovljević scoring.

Ahead of that match, Zrinjski won a home game hosting Siroki Brijeg (1-0).

Zrinjski are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 13, drew zero and lost zero.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Zrinjski is on fire here. A stunning 46 from 15 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Zrinjski have only let in 7 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Velez form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier Liga matches, Velez have produced an overall stat of 5-5-5 so far.

Peco scored in Velez's previous match, the home game against Rudar Prijedor that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Leotar's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Velez are hosting Sloga in the Premier Liga only four days away.

Velez are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 17 goals have been conceded by Velez in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have met earlier this season: Velez - Zrinjski 0-1. Radovic (Velez) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zrinjski seven wins, one draw and Velez two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Bilbija with 7 goals scored against Velez in these 10 games.

Top Goalscorers

ZrinjskiN. Bilbija
N. Bilbija
28 goals
VelezD. Zajmović
D. Zajmović
6 goals
ZrinjskiI. Bašić
I. Bašić
5 goals

Zrinjski missing players

Velez missing players

Zrinjski Velez
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 3 15 29
24 14 4 Won W 1 5 11
4 1 0 Drew D 0 5 7
1 0 0 Lost L 2 5 11
68 46 9 Scored S 3 19 36
11 7 0 Conceded C 4 17 34
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 93%
69% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 76%
48% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 41%
31% 53% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
17% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
31% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 52%
66% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 28%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 28%
 
5.9 6.3 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.1 4.3
2.9 2.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.1 3.4
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.2 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
14.7 15.3 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 9.6
5.8 6.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4 3.8
41% 49% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 33%
 
4.6 4.1 2.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 7.7 6.9
1.7 1.5 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.1 2.7
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Velez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zrinjski have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zrinjski have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zrinjski have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zrinjski have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Velez have scored away.
  • Zrinjski have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most clean sheets (19) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most points (43) at home in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most scored goals (46) at home in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most scored goals (68) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the the best goal difference (+39) at home in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the the best goal difference (+57) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Zrinjski haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zrinjski is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier Liga

  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 29 24 4 1 68 11 15 14 1 0 46 7 14 10 3 1 22 4 57 76
2 Sloga 28 13 11 4 43 32 15 7 7 1 26 16 13 6 4 3 17 16 11 50
3 Borac Banja Luka 28 12 13 3 40 27 15 10 4 1 24 13 13 2 9 2 16 14 13 49
4 Sarajevo 29 12 6 11 35 26 15 7 3 5 22 11 14 5 3 6 13 15 9 42
5 Zeljeznicar 28 9 11 8 25 26 14 9 3 2 18 8 14 0 8 6 7 18 -1 38
6 Velez 29 11 7 11 36 34 14 6 2 6 17 17 15 5 5 5 19 17 2 37
7 Siroki Brijeg 28 7 12 9 24 30 14 5 6 3 12 12 14 2 6 6 12 18 -6 33
8 Sloboda Tuzla 29 6 11 12 22 28 14 4 6 4 13 13 15 2 5 8 9 15 -6 29
9 Posusje 29 6 11 12 26 48 14 6 6 2 16 12 15 0 5 10 10 36 -22 29
10 Leotar 29 7 6 16 20 44 14 4 5 5 13 18 15 3 1 11 7 26 -24 27
11 Rudar Prijedor 29 5 10 14 26 39 14 3 7 4 16 15 15 2 3 10 10 24 -13 25
12 Radnik Bijeljina 29 4 10 15 24 44 14 3 6 5 11 13 15 1 4 10 13 31 -20 22

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.