Zrinjski and Velez spectators can't wait for Premier Liga clash at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg

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Competition: Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Liga
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

The Zrinjski & Velez managers S. Jakirović and F. Dudic are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier Liga league table.

Insights:
  • Zrinjski have the most clean sheets (13) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier Liga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Zrinjski form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Premier Liga games here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg for Zrinjski. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Zrinjski are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Siroki Brijeg. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Sarajevo.

There will be little rest for Zrinjski after this match as they are travelling to Borac Banja Luka for a Premier Liga game in only four days.

Zrinjski have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Zrinjski have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Velez form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Velez playing as the away team in the Premier Liga this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Velez as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.

Velez played 1-1 against Borac Banja Luka in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Krupa na Vrbasu.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zeljeznicar in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Velez have scored 16 goals in 13 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by Velez in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Zrinjski - Velez 3-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Zrinjski victories, one draw and two Velez wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VelezO. Cvijanović
O. Cvijanović
12 goals
ZrinjskiN. Bilbija
N. Bilbija
11 goals

Zrinjski missing players

Velez missing players

Zrinjski Velez
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 2 13 28
15 9 1 Won W 0 4 14
4 2 1 Drew D 1 5 10
9 3 1 Lost L 1 4 4
39 23 5 Scored S 1 16 43
23 12 5 Conceded C 3 18 26
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
64% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 89%
46% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 46%
14% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 18%
4% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 57%
46% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 36%
25% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12 11.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.9 12.1
4.2 4.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.8 5
33% 35% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 31%
Key stats in Premier Liga this season:
  • Velez have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Velez have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Premier Liga
  • Velez have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zrinjski have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Premier Liga
  • Zrinjski have the most clean sheets (13) 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 28 16 8 4 46 23 15 11 2 2 28 11 13 5 6 2 18 12 23 56
2 Borac Banja Luka 28 17 3 8 52 29 14 12 2 0 33 8 14 5 1 8 19 21 23 54
3 Velez 28 14 10 4 43 26 15 10 5 0 27 8 13 4 5 4 16 18 17 52
4 Zrinjski 28 15 4 9 39 23 14 9 2 3 23 12 14 6 2 6 16 11 16 49
5 Siroki Brijeg 28 14 6 8 40 28 15 11 2 2 27 9 13 3 4 6 13 19 12 48
6 Sloga 27 13 5 9 32 28 13 9 2 2 17 11 14 4 3 7 15 17 4 44
7 Zeljeznicar 28 11 7 10 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 3 5 22 16 9 40
8 Sloboda Tuzla 28 9 4 15 28 38 13 7 2 4 17 10 15 2 2 11 11 28 -10 31
9 Mladost Doboj Kakanj 28 8 3 17 26 55 13 5 2 6 15 20 15 3 1 11 11 35 -29 27
10 Olimpic Sarajevo 27 7 2 18 21 48 13 5 2 6 16 22 14 2 0 12 5 26 -27 23
11 Krupa na Vrbasu 28 5 7 16 21 39 14 4 4 6 14 18 14 1 3 10 7 21 -18 22
12 Radnik Bijeljina 28 4 9 15 25 45 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 0 4 10 9 28 -20 21

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.