Open game expected at Stadion Tušanj: Tuzla City vs Velez preview

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Tušanj (15000 seats)

Tuzla City will plan to make use of their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The team playing at home are currently 13 points behind Velez.

Insights:
  • Tuzla City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Liga

This could be an appealing game with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Tuzla City form and stats

The story so far in the Premier Liga for Tuzla City at their home stadium (Stadion Tušanj) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Tuzla have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

It's back home for Tuzla City, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zeljeznicar away with the result 1-0. Karić found the net in that victory. This was their first victory after 13 straight league fixtures without winning!

Ahead of that match, a home defeat in the Bosnia Cup against Zrinjski.

Tuzla City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Tušanj with 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Tuzla City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Velez form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Liga travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Velez on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Velez goalkeeper Osman Hadzikic is eager to challenge this, with his 389 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Haskić and Vehabović secured the home win 2-0 against Leotar in their previous game.

Before that one, the win at home against Zeljeznicar in the Bosnia Cup (1-0).

Lacking goals? 15 of this club's most recent 18 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Velez are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Velez have been victorious in every one of the 5 latest battles versus this side. Will the streak continue?

Tuzla City and Velez have faced each other earlier this season: Tuzla City - Velez 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

VelezN. Haskić
N. Haskić
8 goals
Tuzla CityM. Kuzmanović
M. Kuzmanović
4 goals
Tuzla CityP. Mišić
P. Mišić
3 goals

Tuzla City missing players

Velez missing players

Tuzla City Velez
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
7 4 1 Won W 1 4 10
6 3 1 Drew D 1 4 10
12 5 2 Lost L 1 4 5
32 18 7 Scored S 2 7 29
37 13 6 Conceded C 3 9 22
84% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
64% 58% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 42% 56%
60% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 8% 24%
36% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
24% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
40% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 36%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 48%
44% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 28%
 
3.8 4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.8 4.1
5.4 4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 3.8
2.6 2.8 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.4 8.7 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 8.5 10.8
3.4 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 4
38% 45% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 31%
 
10.7 8.8 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.4 8.6
4.5 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 3.3
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Tuzla City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Velez have scored away.
  • Tuzla City have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier Liga
  • Tuzla City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier Liga
  • Tuzla City have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Premier Liga
  • Velez 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 25 19 3 3 50 12 13 11 1 1 32 6 12 8 2 2 18 6 38 60
2 Borac Banja Luka 25 13 4 8 28 23 13 9 1 3 18 11 12 4 3 5 10 12 5 43
3 Siroki Brijeg 25 11 8 6 30 25 13 8 4 1 17 7 12 3 4 5 13 18 5 41
4 Velez 25 10 10 5 29 22 13 6 6 1 22 13 12 4 4 4 7 9 7 40
5 Zeljeznicar 25 11 6 8 31 26 13 6 4 3 19 12 12 5 2 5 12 14 5 39
6 Sarajevo 25 10 6 9 32 33 13 6 4 3 18 14 12 4 2 6 14 19 -1 36
7 Tuzla City 25 7 6 12 32 37 12 4 3 5 18 13 13 3 3 7 14 24 -5 27
8 Posusje 25 7 6 12 22 34 12 4 3 5 15 14 13 3 3 7 7 20 -12 27
9 Leotar 25 7 5 13 22 34 12 6 3 3 15 6 13 1 2 10 7 28 -12 26
10 Igman Konjic 25 6 7 12 28 39 12 5 3 4 14 11 13 1 4 8 14 28 -11 25
11 Sloboda Tuzla 25 5 9 11 24 29 12 5 3 4 19 14 13 0 6 7 5 15 -5 24
12 Sloga Doboj 25 6 6 13 31 45 12 5 3 4 17 14 13 1 3 9 14 31 -14 24

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.