This should be an exciting match as Velez have their expected home advantage, while Zrinjski are ahead 22 points in the Premier Liga standings.
- Velez have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most scored goals (52) in Premier Liga
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Velez form and stats
6-6-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Liga numbers at home for Velez so far this season.
The Velez club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion Vrapčići: A 0-1 defeat against Zrinjski (placed 1st). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated in five league games.
Before that, a nice away victory at Zeljeznicar. A Bosnia Cup game.
It should be taken into account that a look at the 16 most recent league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Velez have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Vrapčići with 22 goals in 13 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.
Zrinjski form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier Liga. In general it has been a productive period now for Zrinjski as they haven't lost any of their last 20 games.
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. Zrinjski goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 213 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Zrinjski, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Velez (placed 5th) last time out.
A home victory as anticipated against Tuzla City ahead of that, in the Bosnia Cup.
Zrinjski are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 12 away games so far. Zrinjski are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 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
Zrinjski have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (5-2-0) when facing Velez.Curiously enough, Velez faced Zrinjski the last time they performed in a game with more than two goals in total. That was the Velez - Zrinjski 1-3 game seven league fixtures ago, and only "under 2.5" for the home team since then! One of the players to grab the headlines has been Bilbija with 7 goals scored against Velez in these 10 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Bilbija 20 goals |  N. Haskić 9 goals |  M. Tičinović 5 goals |
Velez missing players
Zrinjski missing players
| Velez | Zrinjski | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 53 |
| 24 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 56% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 54% | 63% |
| 22% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 48% |
| 19% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 22% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 37% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 31% | 33% |
| 44% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 54% | 59% |
| 30% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 15% | 11% |
| 3.9 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.3 | 12 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 33% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 38% | 44% |
| 8.5 | 7 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
- Velez have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Velez have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier Liga
- Velez have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Premier Liga
- Velez have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zrinjski have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most clean sheets (15) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most points (26) away in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most scored goals (18) away in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most scored goals (52) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the the best goal difference (+12) away in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have the the best goal difference (+40) in Premier Liga
- Zrinjski have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Zrinjski have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zrinjski haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zrinjski is in the best form (5-0-0) in Premier Liga
| 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 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 40 | 63 |
| 2 | Borac Banja Luka | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | Zeljeznicar | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 42 |
| 5 | Velez | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Siroki Brijeg | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Sloga Doboj | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -11 | 30 |
| 8 | Posusje | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -13 | 30 |
| 9 | Tuzla City | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -6 | 28 |
| 10 | Igman Konjic | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -11 | 26 |
| 11 | Leotar | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -16 | 26 |
| 12 | Sloboda Tuzla | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
