Velez vs Siroki Brijeg preview: Bosnia Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia Cup
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

The league table is allowed to rest as Velez and Siroki Brijeg battle for Bosnia Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.

Velez and Siroki Brijeg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Velez form and stats

Last season their Bosnia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.

3-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Liga numbers at home for Velez so far this season.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 252 minutes.

A nice win for Velez last time playing, versus Zeljeznicar. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Haskić (2) scoring for the victors.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Sarajevo.

This is expected to be a close game, with Velez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Velez as a small favourite), we find seven games. Velez has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Velez as they are travelling to their away game against Borac Banja Luka in the Premier Liga. That match is four days after this one.

Velez aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Siroki Brijeg form and stats

Last season their Bosnia Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.

2-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Siroki Brijeg in their Premier Liga matches away.

Siroki Brijeg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 184 league minutes without a goal. Vukoja was the last player to find the net.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Borac Banja Luka with 0-3 on the scoreboard.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sarajevo in the Premier Liga.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Siroki in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Siroki Brijeg, two draws and four defeats.

13 goals have been conceded by Siroki Brijeg in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Velez victories, two draws and four Siroki Brijeg wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VelezD. Zajmović
D. Zajmović
5 goals
VelezU. de Souza
U. de Souza
3 goals
VelezN. Anđušić
N. Anđušić
2 goals

Velez missing players

Siroki Brijeg missing players

Velez Siroki Brijeg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 9   Played P   14 25
10 2   Won W   4 9
8 2   Drew D   5 9
7 5   Lost L   5 7
40 8   Scored S   13 24
31 15   Conceded C   18 26
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 76%
88% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 60%
52% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 48%
24% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
16% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
64% 56%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
24% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 36%
16% 33%   Failed to Score F T   36% 44%
 
4.3 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   2.4 4
3.5 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.9
3.4 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.9 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   5.3 7.8
4.2 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 3.1
31% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 31%
 
6.7 5.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.7
2.9 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zrinjski 20 16 3 1 43 8 10 9 1 0 28 6 10 7 2 1 15 2 35 51
2 Tuzla City 20 10 7 3 34 21 10 6 3 1 20 11 10 4 4 2 14 10 13 37
3 Borac Banja Luka 20 8 9 3 30 23 10 6 3 1 17 12 10 2 6 2 13 11 7 33
4 Sarajevo 20 9 4 7 20 16 10 4 2 4 8 9 10 5 2 3 12 7 4 31
5 Siroki Brijeg 20 6 9 5 18 20 10 4 4 2 8 7 10 2 5 3 10 13 -2 27
6 Zeljeznicar 20 6 8 6 16 21 10 6 3 1 11 6 10 0 5 5 5 15 -5 26
7 Sloboda Tuzla 20 5 10 5 19 17 10 3 6 1 11 7 10 2 4 4 8 10 2 25
8 Velez 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 3 2 5 9 13 10 4 4 2 16 11 1 24
9 Rudar Prijedor 20 3 7 10 19 26 10 2 5 3 12 11 10 1 2 7 7 15 -7 16
10 Posusje 20 3 7 10 16 33 10 3 5 2 10 10 10 0 2 8 6 23 -17 16
11 Leotar 20 4 4 12 14 33 10 2 3 5 9 16 10 2 1 7 5 17 -19 16
12 Radnik Bijeljina 20 3 6 11 18 30 10 2 3 5 9 12 10 1 3 6 9 18 -12 15