Club members at Stadion Podavala haven’t watched many wins this season, with Velez struggling in the 10th position. The opposing Sarajevo will believe to protect their higher league position in this fixture.
- Velez have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sarajevo have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier Liga
This promises to be an action-packed game with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Velez form and stats
Velez have collected seven points from their first three Premier Liga games here at Stadion Podavala, a promising start.
The home team returns to Stadion Podavala after drawing with Sloboda Tuzla (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Before that, Velez played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Borac Banja Luka.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 Velez have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Goals are plentiful at Stadion Podavala in the league this season as Velez has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Velez have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sarajevo form and stats
Playing away, Sarajevo have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier Liga this season.
Sarajevo's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Siroki Brijeg that finished 0-0.
Prior to that match, the Sarajevo manager Dudic faced defeat when travelling to Zrinjski and losing 1-4.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Sarajevo in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sarajevo, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Sarajevo's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. For Sarajevo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Velez have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (3-4-0) when playing Sarajevo.The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Ikić 4 goals |  N. Haskić 3 goals | D. Varesanovic 3 goals |
Velez missing players
Sarajevo missing players
| Velez | Sarajevo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 22% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 44% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 60% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 20% |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 4.8 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 3.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 12.2 | 17.5 |
| 3.4 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.5 | 7.4 |
| 37% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 11.9 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.5 | 7.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
- All of Sarajevo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Velez's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sarajevo have created more than twice as many corners as Velez.
- Sarajevo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sarajevo have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier Liga
- Sarajevo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sarajevo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Velez have not yet lost a game 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 | Siroki Brijeg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Zeljeznicar | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Borac Banja Luka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 4 | Sloga | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Zrinjski | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Sarajevo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Sloga Doboj | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Sloboda Tuzla | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Igman Konjic | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Velez | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Posusje | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 11 |
| 12 | Leotar | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 8 |
