Open game expected at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg: Velez vs Tuzla City preview

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

Velez will plan to operate their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 17 points behind Tuzla City.

Insights:
  • Velez have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Tuzla City have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier Liga

Velez is in the 8th league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season.

It's no vacation for neither Velez nor Tuzla City 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's results here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg in the Premier Liga have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The Velez club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg: A 1-2 defeat against Tuzla City (placed 2nd).

Heartbreak before that as Velez lost 0-2 at Borac Banja Luka's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Velez perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Velez as a small favourite), we find eight games. Velez has won three of these, drawn two and lost three.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Velez here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). 15 goals have been conceded.

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Tuzla City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier Liga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Two trips in a row for Tuzla City, whose coach Musemić could celebrate last time after the win against Velez.

A draw for Tuzla before that, at their own venue hosting Siroki Brijeg (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Tuzla City in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Tuzla City, four draws and five defeats.

Tuzla City have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged history featuring both these participants is the Velez - Tuzla City 1-2 played previously this season. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Velez won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Tuzla City have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Tuzla CityS. Krpić
S. Krpić
12 goals
Tuzla CityA. Džafić
A. Džafić
7 goals
Tuzla CityM. Mehanovič
M. Mehanovič
7 goals

Velez missing players

Tuzla City missing players

Velez Tuzla City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
7 3 0 Won W 0 5 11
6 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
9 6 2 Lost L 2 2 3
26 10 1 Scored S 3 16 38
28 15 5 Conceded C 5 11 24
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 91% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 91%
41% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 55%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 27%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 77%
23% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 18%
27% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
4.6 5.5 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.9 4.8
3.5 2.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.5 5.1
3.3 2.9 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
10.2 8.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.5 9.1
4 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.9
29% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 48% 45%
 
6.7 5.4 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 10.2 9.2
2.8 2.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Tuzla City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Tuzla City have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier Liga
  • Tuzla City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tuzla City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Velez have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Velez have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Velez haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Zrinjski 21 17 3 1 47 9 11 10 1 0 32 7 10 7 2 1 15 2 38 54
2 Tuzla City 22 11 8 3 38 24 11 6 4 1 22 13 11 5 4 2 16 11 14 41
3 Borac Banja Luka 22 9 10 3 33 24 11 7 3 1 19 12 11 2 7 2 14 12 9 37
4 Sarajevo 22 9 5 8 21 19 11 4 3 4 9 10 11 5 2 4 12 9 2 32
5 Zeljeznicar 21 7 8 6 18 21 11 7 3 1 13 6 10 0 5 5 5 15 -3 29
6 Siroki Brijeg 21 6 10 5 20 22 10 4 4 2 8 7 11 2 6 3 12 15 -2 28
7 Sloboda Tuzla 21 5 10 6 19 18 10 3 6 1 11 7 11 2 4 5 8 11 1 25
8 Velez 22 7 6 9 26 28 11 3 2 6 10 15 11 4 4 3 16 13 -2 24
9 Posusje 21 4 7 10 17 33 11 4 5 2 11 10 10 0 2 8 6 23 -16 19
10 Leotar 21 5 4 12 16 34 10 2 3 5 9 16 11 3 1 7 7 18 -18 19
11 Rudar Prijedor 21 3 7 11 20 28 11 2 5 4 13 13 10 1 2 7 7 15 -8 16
12 Radnik Bijeljina 21 3 6 12 19 34 10 2 3 5 9 12 11 1 3 7 10 22 -15 15

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.