Delightful dogfight as daring Sarajevo duels with determined Zrinjski

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Date: Sun 21.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatović Hase (35630 seats)

Sarajevo and Zrinjski are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Premier Liga season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sarajevo and Zrinjski.

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Sarajevo form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sarajevo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Sarajevo could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier Liga. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Olimpijski Stadion Asim Ferhatović Hase they witnessed 13 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W21 - D7 - L5 from 33 games.

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Zrinjski form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Zrinjski have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W1-D0-L2.

Let's have a look at how Zrinjski performed last season in the Premier Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 17/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Sarajevo won 5, Zrinjski won 4 and 1 draw. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Ahmetović
14 goals
B. Tatar
12 goals

Sarajevo missing players

Zrinjski missing players

Sarajevo Zrinjski
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
7 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5 5
5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sarajevo Last season Zrinjski
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
33 17   Played   16 33
21 13   Won   7 19
7 3   Drew   4 8
5 1   Lost   5 6
68 36   Scored   17 46
20 9   Conceded   14 22
88% 88%   Over 0.5   88% 88%
70% 71%   Over 1.5   44% 45%
58% 53%   Over 2.5   31% 30%
33% 35%   Over 3.5   19% 21%
12% 12%   Over 4.5   6% 9%
36% 41%   BTTS   31% 30%
55% 53%   Clean Sheets   44% 55%
21% 18%   Failed To Score   38% 27%
 
5.2 6.4   Corners For (avg)   4.8 4.9
2.8 2.9   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.4
2.2 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.5 2.4
2 2   Red Cards   4 5
Key stats last season:
  • Sarajevo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sarajevo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zrinjski have scored away.
  • Sarajevo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sarajevo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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.

Sarajevo
18-05-19 PL Sarajevo 4 - 0 Zvijezda '09 Brgule
25-05-19 PL GOSK Gabela 0 - 2 Sarajevo
09-07-19 CL Sarajevo 1 - 3 Celtic
17-07-19 CL Celtic 2 - 1 Sarajevo
21-07-19 PL Sarajevo 17:00 Zrinjski
28-07-19 PL Celik 15:30 Sarajevo
03-08-19 PL Sarajevo 18:30 Sloboda Tuzla
11-08-19 PL Siroki Brijeg 18:00 Sarajevo
17-08-19 PL Sarajevo 15:30 Radnik Bijeljina
24-08-19 PL Sarajevo 15:00 Velez
Zrinjski
18-05-19 PL Zrinjski 5 - 1 Sloga
25-05-19 PL Zvijezda '09 Brgule 0 - 0 Zrinjski
11-07-19 EL Akademija Pandev 0 - 3 Zrinjski
18-07-19 EL Zrinjski 3 - 0 Akademija Pandev
21-07-19 PL Sarajevo 17:00 Zrinjski
25-07-19 EL FC Utrecht 16:30 Zrinjski
28-07-19 PL Zrinjski 18:00 Velez
01-08-19 EL Zrinjski 17:00 FC Utrecht
04-08-19 PL Zeljeznicar 18:00 Zrinjski
10-08-19 PL Zrinjski 18:30 Zvijezda '09 Brgule

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sarajevo 33 21 7 5 68 20 17 13 3 1 36 9 16 8 4 4 32 11 48 70
2 Zrinjski 33 19 8 6 46 22 17 12 4 1 29 8 16 7 4 5 17 14 24 65
3 Siroki Brijeg 33 13 15 5 37 23 17 10 5 2 25 11 16 3 10 3 12 12 14 54
4 Zeljeznicar 33 14 8 11 43 32 17 7 4 6 24 21 16 7 4 5 19 11 11 50
5 Radnik Bijeljina 33 10 14 9 29 26 16 8 5 3 17 10 17 2 9 6 12 16 3 44
6 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 33 12 7 14 36 45 17 7 5 5 18 21 16 5 2 9 18 24 -9 43
7 Celik 33 11 10 12 30 49 16 9 5 2 19 11 17 2 5 10 11 38 -19 43
8 Sloboda Tuzla 33 10 8 15 22 31 17 7 3 7 14 14 16 3 5 8 8 17 -9 38
9 Zvijezda '09 Brgule 33 9 11 13 33 45 16 6 7 3 17 15 17 3 4 10 16 30 -12 38
10 Krupa na Vrbasu 33 8 9 16 40 48 16 7 5 4 29 20 17 1 4 12 11 28 -8 33
11 GOSK Gabela 33 5 8 20 23 54 16 4 6 6 14 23 17 1 2 14 9 31 -31 23
12 Sloga 18 5 5 8 18 26 9 3 3 3 10 14 9 2 2 5 8 12 -8 20
13 Tuzla City 15 4 4 7 14 18 7 1 2 4 3 7 8 3 2 3 11 11 -4 16