Premier Liga match prediction and preview for Zrinjski vs Sarajevo clash

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Mon 05.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Zrinjski have their presumed home advantage while Sarajevo are ahead 7 points in the Premier Liga table.

Sarajevo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago.

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Zrinjski form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier Liga, Zrinjski, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Premier Liga, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. Two home wins in a row for Zrinjski bring valid hopes of a third.

Zrinjski are confident in defense, having played 355 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Zrinjski, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tekstilac Derventa away with the result 7-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Krupa na Vrbasu and winning 3-0.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Zrinjski played a great game against Tekstilac Derventa and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Zrinjski has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Zrinjski have only let in 0 goals at home.

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Sarajevo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (13) away in Premier Liga, on their Premier Liga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The fact that Sarajevo have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Sarajevo have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa League home defeat versus Celtic with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Buducnost.

Sarajevo have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 12 goals from 5 away matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Sarajevo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Zrinjski, two draws and six wins for Sarajevo. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

SarajevoB. Tatar
B. Tatar
6 goals
SarajevoM. Ahmetović
M. Ahmetović
3 goals
ZrinjskiN. Bilbija
N. Bilbija
2 goals

Zrinjski missing players

Sarajevo missing players

Zrinjski Sarajevo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 1 5 8
4 3 0 Won W 1 4 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
7 4 0 Scored S 3 12 18
3 0 0 Conceded C 2 5 8
86% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
14% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 25%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 62%
71% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 38%
43% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.6 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
93 56 0 Total Shots T S 12 52 89
39 25 0 Shots on Target S O 7 27 41
18% 16% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 44% 44%
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • All of Sarajevo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sarajevo has the most points (13) away in Premier Liga
  • Sarajevo has the most scored goals (12) away in Premier Liga
  • Sarajevo has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premier Liga
  • Sarajevo have not yet lost a game.
  • Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sarajevo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sarajevo have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sarajevo have scored more than double the goals of Zrinjski.
  • Sarajevo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sarajevo is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Zrinjski has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski has the most clean sheets (5) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • Zrinjski have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zrinjski have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sarajevo 8 6 2 0 18 8 3 2 1 0 6 3 5 4 1 0 12 5 10 20
2 Borac Banja Luka 9 6 0 3 21 11 5 5 0 0 14 1 4 1 0 3 7 10 10 18
3 Sloga 9 5 1 3 13 10 4 4 0 0 7 3 5 1 1 3 6 7 3 16
4 Zeljeznicar 7 5 0 2 10 3 4 2 0 2 5 3 3 3 0 0 5 0 7 15
5 Velez 9 4 3 2 13 11 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 15
6 Siroki Brijeg 8 4 2 2 11 9 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 14
7 Zrinjski 7 4 1 2 7 3 4 3 1 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 3 3 4 13
8 Sloboda Tuzla 9 3 1 5 13 13 5 2 1 2 9 6 4 1 0 3 4 7 0 10
9 Radnik Bijeljina 9 1 4 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 5 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 -2 7
10 Krupa na Vrbasu 9 2 1 6 6 15 5 1 1 3 4 9 4 1 0 3 2 6 -9 7
11 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 9 2 1 6 8 22 4 1 1 2 6 9 5 1 0 4 2 13 -14 7
12 Olimpic Sarajevo 9 1 0 8 7 20 4 1 0 3 5 10 5 0 0 5 2 10 -13 3

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.