Soccer game news: Home fans with high expectations before Sarajevo - Radnik Bijeljina

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase (34630 seats)

Premier Liga: Top-notch against not good enough, at least that's what the standings say. Sarajevo - Radnik Bijeljina. Home win or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Sarajevo have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier Liga
  • Radnik Bijeljina have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sarajevo form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier Liga, Sarajevo have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.

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

Prior to that, an away loss at Borac Banja Luka.

Sarajevo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, Sarajevo have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Radnik Bijeljina form and stats

Radnik Bijeljina have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier Liga, after 1-4-10 (15 played). Radnik Bijeljina has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Bijeljina are looking to quickly end their 364 minutes long goal drought in the Premier Liga.

There might be some fixture complaints from Radnik Bijeljina as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Sarajevo.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Posusje.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bijeljina as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. The Radnik Bijeljina manager Radić has some worries about the defense as 31 goals have been conceded in these travels. Radnik Bijeljina has visited these top teams six times, and 5 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The newest reported meeting featuring both these squads is the Sarajevo - Radnik Bijeljina 1-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Sarajevo victories, two draws and zero Radnik Bijeljina wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SarajevoD. Varesanovic
D. Varesanovic
4 goals
SarajevoD. Bagarić
D. Bagarić
4 goals
SarajevoA. Suljić
A. Suljić
4 goals

Sarajevo missing players

Radnik Bijeljina missing players

Sarajevo Radnik Bijeljina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 6 15 29
12 7 3 Won W 0 1 4
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 10
11 5 1 Lost L 4 10 15
35 22 14 Scored S 9 13 24
26 11 2 Conceded C 18 31 44
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 83%
66% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 62%
24% 27% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 53% 45%
10% 13% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 83% 33% 24%
7% 13% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 10%
31% 27% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 48%
38% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 21%
34% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 53% 48%
 
4.3 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 4
3.9 2.4 0.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.1 5.3
3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.1 8.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 4.2 6
3.4 3.6 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 1.8 2.3
36% 41% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 48% 38%
 
8.6 5.8 4.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 9.3 9.3
3.4 2.6 1.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.3 4
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Radnik Bijeljina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Radnik Bijeljina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Radnik Bijeljina have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Premier Liga
  • Radnik Bijeljina have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier Liga
  • Radnik Bijeljina have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier Liga
  • Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sarajevo have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premier Liga
  • Sarajevo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 29 24 4 1 68 11 15 14 1 0 46 7 14 10 3 1 22 4 57 76
2 Sloga 28 13 11 4 43 32 15 7 7 1 26 16 13 6 4 3 17 16 11 50
3 Borac Banja Luka 28 12 13 3 40 27 15 10 4 1 24 13 13 2 9 2 16 14 13 49
4 Sarajevo 29 12 6 11 35 26 15 7 3 5 22 11 14 5 3 6 13 15 9 42
5 Zeljeznicar 28 9 11 8 25 26 14 9 3 2 18 8 14 0 8 6 7 18 -1 38
6 Velez 28 10 7 11 35 34 13 5 2 6 16 17 15 5 5 5 19 17 1 34
7 Siroki Brijeg 28 7 12 9 24 30 14 5 6 3 12 12 14 2 6 6 12 18 -6 33
8 Sloboda Tuzla 29 6 11 12 22 28 14 4 6 4 13 13 15 2 5 8 9 15 -6 29
9 Leotar 28 7 6 15 20 42 14 4 5 5 13 18 14 3 1 10 7 24 -22 27
10 Posusje 28 5 11 12 24 48 13 5 6 2 14 12 15 0 5 10 10 36 -24 26
11 Rudar Prijedor 28 5 10 13 26 38 14 3 7 4 16 15 14 2 3 9 10 23 -12 25
12 Radnik Bijeljina 29 4 10 15 24 44 14 3 6 5 11 13 15 1 4 10 13 31 -20 22

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.