Premier Liga match preview: Olimpic Sarajevo versus Zrinjski

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Otoka (5000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Otoka haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Olimpic Sarajevo languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Zrinjski will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Bosnia Cup.

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Olimpic Sarajevo form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier Liga, Olimpic Sarajevo, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Premier Liga, have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sarajevo with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Velez game, 41 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Game days at Stadion Otoka have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Sarajevo as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

A. Hasanovic was the last player to score a league goal for Olimpic Sarajevo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sarajevo haven't scored in 214 minutes.

The Sarajevo fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier Liga game also here at Stadion Otoka: A 0-3 defeat against Zeljeznicar (placed 3rd). Heartbreak before that as Sarajevo lost 0-2 at Sloboda Tuzla's place.

The Sarajevo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. As for conceded goals, Sarajevo's unpleasant statistic is 13 goals surrendered.

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Zrinjski form and stats

The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Liga. Momentum is building for Zrinjski in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Zrinjski had fun at their own home (Stadion Otoka) last time out, beating Slavija 4-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Sloga.

As mentioned above, Zrinjski was the only team on the pitch versus Slavija in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier Liga trip to Zeljeznicar.

The travelling fans enjoy Zrinjski's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Zrinjski as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Zrinjski - Sarajevo 1-0. Sarajevo-Zrinjski H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olimpic Sarajevo zero wins, Zrinjski eight wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZrinjskiN. Bilbija
N. Bilbija
4 goals
SarajevoA. Osmanović
A. Osmanović
3 goals
ZrinjskiM. Filipović
M. Filipović
3 goals

Olimpic Sarajevo missing players

Zrinjski missing players

Olimpic Sarajevo Zrinjski
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 4 9
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
10 4 1 Lost L 0 2 3
7 5 1 Scored S 3 7 13
25 13 2 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 56%
64% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 33%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 22%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
45% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 67%
55% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
88 39 6 Total Shots T S 20 56 122
26 15 2 Shots on Target S O 8 21 49
27% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 27%
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • All of Olimpic Sarajevo's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the fewest points (3) at home in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the most conceded goals (13) at home in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the most conceded goals (25) in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the the worst goal difference (-18) in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Premier Liga
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Olimpic Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olimpic Sarajevo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zrinjski have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zrinjski have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zrinjski haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 10 8 2 0 23 10 4 3 1 0 8 3 6 5 1 0 15 7 13 26
2 Borac Banja Luka 11 7 0 4 23 12 6 6 0 0 16 1 5 1 0 4 7 11 11 21
3 Zeljeznicar 9 7 0 2 14 3 5 3 0 2 6 3 4 4 0 0 8 0 11 21
4 Velez 11 5 3 3 16 13 5 4 1 0 10 2 6 1 2 3 6 11 3 18
5 Siroki Brijeg 10 5 2 3 12 11 6 4 1 1 9 4 4 1 1 2 3 7 1 17
6 Zrinjski 9 5 1 3 13 6 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 2 0 2 7 3 7 16
7 Sloga 11 5 1 5 13 15 5 4 0 1 7 7 6 1 1 4 6 8 -2 16
8 Sloboda Tuzla 11 4 1 6 15 16 6 3 1 2 11 6 5 1 0 4 4 10 -1 13
9 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 11 4 1 6 12 24 5 2 1 2 9 11 6 2 0 4 3 13 -12 13
10 Radnik Bijeljina 11 2 4 5 11 13 5 2 1 2 6 5 6 0 3 3 5 8 -2 10
11 Krupa na Vrbasu 11 2 1 8 6 17 6 1 1 4 4 10 5 1 0 4 2 7 -11 7
12 Olimpic Sarajevo 11 1 0 10 7 25 5 1 0 4 5 13 6 0 0 6 2 12 -18 3

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.