Siroki Brijeg vs Borac Banja Luka betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Fri 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Pecara (10000 seats)

Both these squads are in good shape, Borac Banja Luka having a 3 point edge on Siroki Brijeg in the league table. Game on!

Insights:
  • Siroki Brijeg have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier Liga
  • Borac Banja Luka have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premier Liga

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Siroki Brijeg form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier Liga, Siroki Brijeg, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier Liga, have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games.

The club members are hoping that Siroki Brijeg will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Zeljeznicar (placed 6th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Zeljeznicar (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Siroki Brijeg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.

Siroki aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Pecara in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Siroki Brijeg have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Borac Banja Luka form and stats

There's been little loot from Borac Banja Luka's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier Liga. Borac Banja Luka only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 6 draws.

Borac won their last game, 3-1 versus Sloboda Tuzla played at home.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Sloboda Tuzla.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Borac Banja Luka playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Borac Banja Luka wins, one draw and one defeat.

Borac Banja Luka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Borac have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H encounter ended Borac Banja Luka - Siroki Brijeg 2-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Siroki Brijeg victories, three draws and four Borac Banja Luka wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borac Banja LukaM. Vušurović
M. Vušurović
5 goals
Borac Banja LukaJ. Lukić
J. Lukić
3 goals

Siroki Brijeg missing players

Borac Banja Luka missing players

Siroki Brijeg Borac Banja Luka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
6 4 2 Won W 1 1 7
9 4 1 Drew D 2 6 9
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
18 8 4 Scored S 5 10 27
17 4 2 Conceded C 2 11 23
68% 56% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
58% 44% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 79%
42% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 22% 37%
16% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
47% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 68%
37% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 11% 26%
47% 56% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
4.4 6.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 6.8 6.6
4.9 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 3.4 2.8
2.1 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.2 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 10.8 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.8 11.8
3.2 4.2 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 4.5
30% 21% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 39% 32%
 
10.3 8.8 10 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 8 7.5
4.1 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 2.2 2.9
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Borac Banja Luka have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Premier Liga
  • Borac Banja Luka have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier Liga
  • Borac Banja Luka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Borac Banja Luka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Siroki Brijeg have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier Liga
  • Siroki Brijeg have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Zrinjski 19 15 3 1 42 8 10 9 1 0 28 6 9 6 2 1 14 2 34 48
2 Sloga 19 10 6 3 33 20 10 6 3 1 20 11 9 4 3 2 13 9 13 36
3 Borac Banja Luka 19 7 9 3 27 23 10 6 3 1 17 12 9 1 6 2 10 11 4 30
4 Sarajevo 19 8 4 7 18 16 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 4 2 3 10 7 2 28
5 Siroki Brijeg 19 6 9 4 18 17 9 4 4 1 8 4 10 2 5 3 10 13 1 27
6 Zeljeznicar 19 6 8 5 16 19 10 6 3 1 11 6 9 0 5 4 5 13 -3 26
7 Sloboda Tuzla 19 5 9 5 18 16 9 3 5 1 10 6 10 2 4 4 8 10 2 24
8 Velez 19 6 6 7 23 24 9 2 2 5 7 13 10 4 4 2 16 11 -1 21
9 Rudar Prijedor 19 3 7 9 19 25 9 2 5 2 12 10 10 1 2 7 7 15 -6 16
10 Posusje 19 3 7 9 15 30 10 3 5 2 10 10 9 0 2 7 5 20 -15 16
11 Leotar 19 4 4 11 14 31 9 2 3 4 9 14 10 2 1 7 5 17 -17 16
12 Radnik Bijeljina 19 2 6 11 15 29 9 1 3 5 6 11 10 1 3 6 9 18 -14 12

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.