Zrinjski vs Sarajevo match preview

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

A key match in Premier Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Zrinjski in 3rd position and Sarajevo placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Zrinjski have the most clean sheets (13) in Premier Liga
  • Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sarajevo could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Bosnia Cup game only three sleeps ago.

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Zrinjski form and stats

Zrinjski, who have the most clean sheets (13) in Premier Liga, have performed here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg this season with 9 wins from 13 Premier Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. Zrinjski has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Miro Varvodic not having conceded a league goal in 232 minutes.

Zrinjski are returning here after visiting Olimpic Sarajevo in a Premier Liga game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. M. Filipović and M. Magdić scored the goal(s). Before that, Zrinjski had a home game versus Radnik Bijeljina which ended with a victory 3-0.

A decent goal production from Zrinjski in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Zrinjski have conceded only 11 goals.

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Sarajevo form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier Liga. Sarajevo seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Sarajevo are looking to quickly end their 263 minutes long goal drought in the Premier Liga.

Sarajevo go into this game after a win, the home game against Sloga that ended 3-1. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Borac Banja Luka.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sarajevo have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Sarajevo as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Zrinjski and Sarajevo have met before this season: Sarajevo - Zrinjski 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zrinjski two wins, two draws and Sarajevo six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZrinjskiN. Bilbija
N. Bilbija
11 goals
SarajevoM. Fanimo
M. Fanimo
7 goals

Zrinjski missing players

Sarajevo missing players

Zrinjski Sarajevo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 3 12 26
15 9 2 Won W 0 5 15
3 1 0 Drew D 2 5 7
8 3 0 Lost L 1 2 4
38 22 5 Scored S 2 17 42
21 11 2 Conceded C 3 11 21
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 88%
65% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 58% 65%
50% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 38%
15% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 42% 27%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
35% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 42%
50% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 42%
23% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.5 11.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 8.8 10
4.3 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.8 4.1
34% 35% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 39%
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Sarajevo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zrinjski have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zrinjski have the most clean sheets (13) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most scored goals in the first half (21) 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 Sarajevo 26 15 7 4 42 21 14 10 2 2 25 10 12 5 5 2 17 11 21 52
2 Borac Banja Luka 26 16 2 8 49 27 13 11 2 0 31 7 13 5 0 8 18 20 22 50
3 Zrinjski 26 15 3 8 38 21 13 9 1 3 22 11 13 6 2 5 16 10 17 48
4 Velez 26 13 9 4 40 24 13 9 4 0 24 6 13 4 5 4 16 18 16 48
5 Siroki Brijeg 26 13 6 7 38 26 14 10 2 2 26 9 12 3 4 5 12 17 12 45
6 Sloga 26 12 5 9 30 28 12 8 2 2 15 11 14 4 3 7 15 17 2 41
7 Zeljeznicar 26 11 7 8 39 27 13 5 4 4 18 14 13 6 3 4 21 13 12 40
8 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 26 8 3 15 26 51 13 5 2 6 15 20 13 3 1 9 11 31 -25 27
9 Sloboda Tuzla 26 7 4 15 25 37 12 6 2 4 16 10 14 1 2 11 9 27 -12 25
10 Radnik Bijeljina 26 4 9 13 24 41 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 0 4 9 9 26 -17 21
11 Olimpic Sarajevo 26 6 2 18 19 47 13 5 2 6 16 22 13 1 0 12 3 25 -28 20
12 Krupa na Vrbasu 26 4 7 15 17 37 13 3 4 6 11 18 13 1 3 9 6 19 -20 19

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.