Home advantage could prove decisive in Sarajevo - Zeljeznicar battle

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase (34630 seats)

A total of 30 rounds of matches have been played and both Sarajevo and Zeljeznicar are up there with the best. Game on!

Insights:
  • Sarajevo 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.

This is a local derby, usually meaning increased mental strain and importance.

This should be an appealing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

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Sarajevo form and stats

Sarajevo have played 15 Premier Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Sarajevo bring valid hopes of a third.

Sarajevo lost their last game at Borac Banja Luka (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that defeat this club had gone seven consecutive league rounds without a loss.

Ahead of that match, Sarajevo won a home game hosting Siroki Brijeg (2-1).

Sarajevo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games.

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Zeljeznicar form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Zeljeznicar playing as the away team in the Premier Liga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Zeljeznicar's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Zeljeznicar had fun at their own home (Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatovic Hase) last time out, beating Velez 2-1. Rodrigus and Haračić scored. Haračić came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Velez last time out, making the manager Bašić feel like a tactical genius.

A draw for Zeljeznicar before that, at their own venue hosting Igman Konjic (1-1).

A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league rounds have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Zeljeznicar when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Zeljeznicar in these games.

Head 2 Head

Zeljeznicar have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Sarajevo.

The most up to date reported history involving both these teams is the Sarajevo - Zeljeznicar 0-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

ZeljeznicarJ. Amoah
J. Amoah
7 goals
SarajevoD. Varesanovic
D. Varesanovic
6 goals
SarajevoH. Čataković
H. Čataković
6 goals

Sarajevo missing players

Zeljeznicar missing players

Sarajevo Zeljeznicar
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 2 Played P 4 14 30
14 8 1 Won W 1 5 13
6 4 0 Drew D 0 2 7
10 3 1 Lost L 3 7 10
41 21 1 Scored S 3 12 35
37 15 2 Conceded C 7 18 32
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
67% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 63%
43% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 37%
33% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
17% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
47% 47% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 53%
27% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 27%
33% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 23%
 
5.6 6.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.9 5.6
4.5 3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 3.9 3.5
2.9 2.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.8 16.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.1 10.5
5.7 6.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 4.2
24% 22% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 28%
 
8.9 6.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.1 7.3
3.6 2.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Sarajevo 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 30 23 3 4 61 16 16 13 1 2 40 10 14 10 2 2 21 6 45 72
2 Borac Banja Luka 30 17 4 9 35 27 16 12 1 3 22 11 14 5 3 6 13 16 8 55
3 Sarajevo 30 14 6 10 41 37 15 8 4 3 21 15 15 6 2 7 20 22 4 48
4 Zeljeznicar 30 13 7 10 35 32 16 8 5 3 23 14 14 5 2 7 12 18 3 46
5 Siroki Brijeg 30 12 9 9 35 32 16 9 5 2 21 11 14 3 4 7 14 21 3 45
6 Velez 30 11 11 8 33 27 15 7 6 2 24 14 15 4 5 6 9 13 6 44
7 Sloga Doboj 30 9 7 14 37 50 14 6 4 4 20 15 16 3 3 10 17 35 -13 34
8 Igman Konjic 30 8 9 13 35 42 15 7 4 4 20 12 15 1 5 9 15 30 -7 33
9 Sloga 30 8 7 15 37 43 15 5 4 6 23 17 15 3 3 9 14 26 -6 31
10 Posusje 30 8 7 15 25 42 14 5 3 6 16 16 16 3 4 9 9 26 -17 31
11 Sloboda Tuzla 30 6 11 13 27 35 14 6 3 5 20 15 16 0 8 8 7 20 -8 29
12 Leotar 30 7 7 16 23 41 14 6 4 4 15 9 16 1 3 12 8 32 -18 28

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.