The Premier Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Sarajevo and Velez are placed 4th and 5th respectively.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Champions League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Connah's Quay.
Sarajevo form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier Liga game here at Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Sarajevo last season were 10 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 11 games.
A good away victory last time out for Sarajevo, who won 2-0 against Connah's Quay. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sloga.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sarajevo home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for Sarajevo after this match as they are travelling to Dinamo Brest for a Champions League game in only three days.
At Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase, Sarajevo has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Velez form and stats
The Premier Liga season is young and Velez have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Velez won their last game, 2-0 versus Krupa na Vrbasu played at home. A 2-2 draw at Siroki Brijeg's stadium before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Velez played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
It's early days yet, but Velez has scored 2 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sarajevo seven wins, two draws and Velez one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Tatar 2 goals |  O. Cvijanović 2 goals | F. Mulić 2 goals |
Sarajevo missing players
Velez missing players
| Sarajevo | Velez | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.7 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 4.3 | 9 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 7 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 24 | 59 |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 13 | 28 |
| 31% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 15% | 21% |
- Velez has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
| Sarajevo | Last season | Velez | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 25 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 77% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 45% | ||
| 14% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 50% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 23% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 212 | 127 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 264 | ||
| 87 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 111 | ||
| 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zeljeznicar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Borac Banja Luka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Siroki Brijeg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Velez | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Sloga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Sloboda Tuzla | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Zrinjski | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Radnik Bijeljina | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Krupa na Vrbasu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -12 | 1 |
| 12 | Olimpic Sarajevo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -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 | Sarajevo | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Zeljeznicar | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 42 |
| 3 | Zrinjski | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | Borac Banja Luka | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Sloga | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 6 | Radnik Bijeljina | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Siroki Brijeg | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Velez | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Sloboda Tuzla | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 21 |
| 10 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Celik | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 17 |
| 12 | Zvijezda '09 Brgule | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 30 | -39 | 8 |