Premier Liga: Olimpic Sarajevo - Velez preview and statistics

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Otoka (5000 seats)

Struggling Olimpic Sarajevo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Velez in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Premier Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Olimpic Sarajevo form and stats

Olimpic Sarajevo have collected 16 points from their Premier Liga home games so far after 5-1-5. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Otoka.

The fans are hoping that Sarajevo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premier Liga game against Siroki Brijeg (placed 2nd). A strong away win before that one, visiting Zeljeznicar and winning 1-0.

Sarajevo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Velez form and stats

3-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Velez in their Premier Liga matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Velez as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Velez played 2-2 against Radnik Bijeljina in their previous match. Prior to that result Velez won their away game at Sloboda Tuzla. The scoreline was 2-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Velez have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. Velez have conceded 17 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Velez - Olimpic Sarajevo 2-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sarajevo victories, four draws and one Velez win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VelezO. Cvijanović
O. Cvijanović
12 goals
Olimpic SarajevoA. Osmanović
A. Osmanović
6 goals

Olimpic Sarajevo missing players

Velez missing players

Olimpic Sarajevo Velez
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
6 5 0 Won W 1 3 11
1 1 0 Drew D 2 4 8
16 5 3 Lost L 0 4 4
18 15 3 Scored S 3 13 36
40 18 9 Conceded C 2 17 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 91%
74% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 91% 91%
43% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 52%
22% 27% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 22%
13% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
30% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 73% 57%
17% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 9% 35%
52% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.5 2.4
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
7.7 8.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 12.7 13
2.7 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.2 5.5
29% 41% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 23% 28%
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Velez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Velez have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most matches over the total-line (14) 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 Sarajevo 23 14 7 2 41 18 12 9 2 1 24 8 11 5 5 1 17 10 23 48
2 Siroki Brijeg 23 13 5 5 36 21 12 10 1 1 24 5 11 3 4 4 12 16 15 44
3 Borac Banja Luka 23 13 2 8 41 26 12 10 2 0 28 7 11 3 0 8 13 19 15 41
4 Velez 23 11 8 4 36 23 12 8 4 0 23 6 11 3 4 4 13 17 13 41
5 Zrinjski 23 13 2 8 31 20 12 8 1 3 19 11 11 5 1 5 12 9 11 41
6 Zeljeznicar 23 11 5 7 34 21 12 5 3 4 14 10 11 6 2 3 20 11 13 37
7 Sloga 23 11 4 8 28 25 11 7 2 2 14 11 12 4 2 6 14 14 3 37
8 Sloboda Tuzla 23 6 4 13 24 35 11 5 2 4 15 10 12 1 2 9 9 25 -11 22
9 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 23 7 1 15 19 46 11 4 1 6 12 19 12 3 0 9 7 27 -27 22
10 Radnik Bijeljina 23 4 8 11 22 34 11 4 4 3 13 11 12 0 4 8 9 23 -12 20
11 Olimpic Sarajevo 23 6 1 16 18 40 11 5 1 5 15 18 12 1 0 11 3 22 -22 19
12 Krupa na Vrbasu 23 3 5 15 13 34 11 2 3 6 9 17 12 1 2 9 4 17 -21 14

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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.