Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Borac Banja Luka & Sarajevo face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Bosnia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Borac and Sarajevo.
Borac Banja Luka form and stats
Last season their Bosnia Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Borac Banja Luka have been very solid at home in the Premier Liga so far, with 47 points collected from 17 matches (15-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. On the other hand, in the Bosnia Cup, Borac Banja Luka has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Borac has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Velez defeat 81 days ago.
The Borac Banja Luka supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sloga in Premier Liga and win 2-0.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Zeljeznicar.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borac as they are travelling to their away game against Sloboda Tuzla in the Premier Liga. That match is four days after this one.
The Borac manager M. Maksimovic has got the team scoring with 38 from 17 home games in the league. From these home matches, Borac have conceded only 9 goals.
Sarajevo form and stats
They also participated in Bosnia Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Liga travels is 5 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats. When we have look at the Bosnia Cup statistics, we find 5W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. It's three draws from Sarajevo's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Sarajevo have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic. It's been 318 minutes since they last conceded in Premier Liga.
The supporters enjoyed Sarajevo's previous game versus Radnik Bijeljina, a Premier Liga 3-0 win played at home.
Before that, Sarajevo travelled to Mladost Doboj Kakanj and returned home with a draw after the Premier Liga game finished 0-0.Sarajevo have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Sarajevo as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Borac Banja Luka victory, three draws and six Sarajevo wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Vranješ 15 goals |  G. Zakarić 12 goals |
Borac Banja Luka missing players
Sarajevo missing players
| Borac Banja Luka | Sarajevo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Scored | S | 6 | 26 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | ||
| 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borac Banja Luka | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 59 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 66 |
| 2 | Sarajevo | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Velez | 32 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 49 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 58 |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 56 |
| 5 | Siroki Brijeg | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Sloga | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 48 |
| 7 | Zeljeznicar | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | Sloboda Tuzla | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 30 | -10 | 36 |
| 9 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 36 | -30 | 30 |
| 10 | Krupa na Vrbasu | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 25 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Radnik Bijeljina | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 32 | -23 | 25 |
| 12 | Olimpic Sarajevo | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 32 | -33 | 25 |