Delightful dogfight as daring Velez duel with determined Sarajevo

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Vrapčići (7000 seats)

Sarajevo pay a visit to Velez and Stadion Vrapčići full of happy thoughts, but the home side is no pushover. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Velez is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Sarajevo have the most scored goals (25) away in Premier Liga

It's no vacation for neither Velez nor Sarajevo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Velez form and stats

Velez have played 17 Premier Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Velez crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-5 to Sarajevo here at Stadion Vrapčići. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Preceding that match, a home defeat in the Bosnia Cup against Zrinjski. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Velez handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 25 league games, 19 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Velez fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 30 goals in 17 league matches. Velez's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sarajevo form and stats

Playing away, Sarajevo, who have the most scored goals (25) away in Premier Liga, have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Premier Liga this season.

Two away matches in a row for Sarajevo, whose coach Varešanović could celebrate last time after the win against Velez. As you can tell from the result, the match against Velez was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Zeljeznicar.

We have checked recent matches where Sarajevo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Sarajevo's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. Sarajevo have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Velez - Sarajevo 3-5. Velez-Sarajevo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Velez four wins, Sarajevo one win, five draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VelezN. Haskić
N. Haskić
12 goals
SarajevoR. de Oliveira
R. de Oliveira
9 goals
SarajevoD. Varesanovic
D. Varesanovic
8 goals

Velez missing players

Sarajevo missing players

Velez Sarajevo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 17 5 Played P 3 16 32
11 7 3 Won W 1 7 15
12 7 0 Drew D 0 2 7
9 3 2 Lost L 2 7 10
39 30 7 Scored S 3 25 48
35 22 5 Conceded C 4 25 42
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
59% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 69%
28% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 47%
22% 41% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 38%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
41% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
41% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
28% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 31%
 
3.8 4.6 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.6 5.5
3.8 3.1 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.7 4.4
2.4 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.6 2.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.9 12.9 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16.3 10.9 13.5
4 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.7 5 5.7
31% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 31% 27%
 
8.5 7.4 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 10.9 9.1
3.3 3.1 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sarajevo have the most scored goals (25) away 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Velez have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Velez is in the worst form (1-1-4)

  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 32 25 3 4 66 18 17 14 1 2 42 11 15 11 2 2 24 7 48 78
2 Borac Banja Luka 32 18 4 10 38 30 17 13 1 3 25 13 15 5 3 7 13 17 8 58
3 Sarajevo 32 15 7 10 48 42 16 8 5 3 23 17 16 7 2 7 25 25 6 52
4 Zeljeznicar 32 14 8 10 40 34 17 9 5 3 26 14 15 5 3 7 14 20 6 50
5 Siroki Brijeg 32 13 9 10 37 34 17 10 5 2 22 11 15 3 4 8 15 23 3 48
6 Velez 32 11 12 9 39 35 17 7 7 3 30 22 15 4 5 6 9 13 4 45
7 Tuzla City 32 9 7 16 40 46 15 5 4 6 23 17 17 4 3 10 17 29 -6 34
8 Igman Konjic 32 8 10 14 38 46 16 7 4 5 20 13 16 1 6 9 18 33 -8 34
9 Sloga Doboj 32 9 7 16 38 54 15 6 4 5 21 18 17 3 3 11 17 36 -16 34
10 Posusje 32 9 7 16 26 45 15 6 3 6 17 16 17 3 4 10 9 29 -19 34
11 Sloboda Tuzla 32 7 11 14 31 39 15 7 3 5 22 16 17 0 8 9 9 23 -8 32
12 Leotar 32 8 7 17 27 45 15 7 4 4 18 11 17 1 3 13 9 34 -18 31

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.