Borac Banja Luka favourites for feisty fight facing Zeljeznicar

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Thu 27.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski Stadion (9730 seats)

Borac Banja Luka have delivered great football so far this season, being 2nd position in the table. Zeljeznicar have a view both up and down from the 5th position.

Insights:
  • Borac Banja Luka have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier Liga
  • Zeljeznicar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Premier Liga match only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Igman Konjic, was also a home game here at Gradski Stadion. The away team is better rested.

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Borac Banja Luka form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Gradski Stadion as Borac Banja Luka have scored 19 goals to get 31 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the Premier Liga are 10-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Borac's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Igman Konjic (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Siroki Brijeg with a 3-2 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Borac Banja Luka handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 most recent league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

There will be little rest for Borac Banja Luka after this match as they are travelling to Velez for a Premier Liga game in only four days.

Borac has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Borac Banja Luka have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zeljeznicar form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier Liga matches, Zeljeznicar have produced an overall stat of 5-2-6 so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Zeljeznicar are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Impressive finishing from Amoah secured the home win 1-0 against Siroki Brijeg in their previous game. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league matches without winning.

The fixture before that was the Bosnia Cup-duel against Velez, a home loss (1-2). Zeljeznicar are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's last 10 league matches have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Zeljeznicar when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Zeljeznicar in these games.

Head 2 Head

Borac Banja Luka have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (4-3-0) when facing Zeljeznicar.

Zeljeznicar - Borac Banja Luka 1-2 was the output when these teams formerly played each other, some time ago this season. The match official brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the sinner was Rodrigus (Zeljeznicar).

Top Goalscorers

BoracM. Mrkaić
M. Mrkaić
9 goals
ZeljeznicarJ. Amoah
J. Amoah
6 goals
ZeljeznicarS. Štilić
S. Štilić
5 goals

Borac Banja Luka missing players

Zeljeznicar missing players

Borac Banja Luka Zeljeznicar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 4 13 27
15 10 2 Won W 1 5 12
4 1 1 Drew D 1 2 6
8 3 0 Lost L 2 6 9
32 19 5 Scored S 2 12 32
25 11 1 Conceded C 4 16 28
93% 93% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
56% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 59%
41% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 37%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 19%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
33% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 52%
41% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 30%
33% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 31% 22%
 
5.4 6.2 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 4.1 5.6
3.2 2.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.4
1.8 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.7 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 4.8 7.8 10.4
4.4 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 4.2
27% 31% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 28%
 
9.8 9.3 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 8.6 7
3.4 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 2.9
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Borac Banja Luka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borac Banja Luka have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier Liga
  • Borac Banja Luka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Zeljeznicar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zeljeznicar have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 28 21 3 4 55 15 15 12 1 2 36 9 13 9 2 2 19 6 40 66
2 Borac Banja Luka 27 15 4 8 32 25 14 10 1 3 19 11 13 5 3 5 13 14 7 49
3 Sarajevo 28 13 6 9 39 35 14 7 4 3 19 14 14 6 2 6 20 21 4 45
4 Siroki Brijeg 28 12 8 8 33 29 15 9 4 2 20 10 13 3 4 6 13 19 4 44
5 Zeljeznicar 27 12 6 9 32 28 14 7 4 3 20 12 13 5 2 6 12 16 4 42
6 Velez 28 10 11 7 30 25 14 6 6 2 22 14 14 4 5 5 8 11 5 41
7 Sloga 28 8 7 13 36 40 14 5 4 5 22 15 14 3 3 8 14 25 -4 31
8 Sloga Doboj 27 8 6 13 34 45 13 6 3 4 19 14 14 2 3 9 15 31 -11 30
9 Posusje 28 8 6 14 24 39 13 5 3 5 16 14 15 3 3 9 8 25 -15 30
10 Leotar 28 7 6 15 22 38 14 6 4 4 15 9 14 1 2 11 7 29 -16 27
11 Sloboda Tuzla 28 5 11 12 25 31 13 5 3 5 19 15 15 0 8 7 6 16 -6 26
12 Igman Konjic 27 6 8 13 29 41 13 5 4 4 15 12 14 1 4 9 14 29 -12 26

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.