After league round 1 it's Sloboda Novi Grad - Zeljeznicar Banja Luka 3-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second First League: RS fixture of the season?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sloboda Novi Grad form and stats
The previous season, Sloboda Novi Grad's league results were 12 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 6th place in the First League: RS. In these 30 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 27. Appearing as the home side in the last season Sloboda Novi Grad generated 6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 11 conceded.
Happy days for Sloboda in their previous game, a First League: RS match away at Podrinje Janja (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Preceding that match was the home game against Rudar Prijedor that was lost 0-2.Zeljeznicar Banja Luka form and stats
Let's have a look at how Zeljeznicar Banja Luka performed last season in the First League: RS: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 7 and lost 6 with 12/20 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Tekstilac Derventa in their previous game. The end of the last match, against Tekstilac Derventa, was very satisfying as Jan Paolo Debijadi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that, Zeljeznicar Banja Luka secured a home win against Sloga Doboj with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior two meetings): Sloboda won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Zeljeznicar Banja Luka managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneSloboda Novi Grad missing players
Zeljeznicar Banja Luka missing players
| Sloboda Novi Grad | Zeljeznicar Banja Luka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Sloboda Novi Grad | Last season | Zeljeznicar Banja Luka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 12 | 46 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 63% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 30% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 57% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 40% | ||
| 0.9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 107% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sloboda Novi Grad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Kozara Gradiska | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Slavija | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zvijezda '09 Brgule | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Zeljeznicar Banja Luka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Krupa na Vrbasu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sloga Doboj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Omarska | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sutjeska Foca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tekstilac Derventa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Borac Kozarska Dubica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Drina Zvornik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Modrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Budućnost Pilica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Ljubic Prnjavor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Podrinje Janja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 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 | Rudar Prijedor | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 31 | 63 |
| 2 | Leotar | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Zvijezda '09 Brgule | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
| 4 | Zeljeznicar Banja Luka | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Tekstilac Derventa | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -1 | 45 |
| 6 | Sloboda Novi Grad | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 44 |
| 7 | Modrica | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 8 | Kozara Gradiska | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Slavija | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 41 |
| 10 | Borac Kozarska Dubica | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -3 | 39 |
| 11 | Sloga Doboj | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 38 |
| 12 | Ljubic Prnjavor | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Drina Zvornik | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 38 | -11 | 38 |
| 14 | Sutjeska Foca | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 25 | -1 | 35 |
| 15 | Podrinje Janja | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 36 | -39 | 21 |
| 16 | FK Jedinstvo Brcko | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 72 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 45 | -43 | 18 |