It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Zrinjski and Sheriff

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 06.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Bijeli Brijeg (25000 seats)

Zrinjski host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 1st Qualifying Round game. Sheriff will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Bolshaya Sportivnaya Arena before the return leg in 12 days.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sheriff, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

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Zrinjski form and stats

Zrinjski participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 3rd qualifying round.

15-2-0 is the performance here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg so far in the Premier Liga, giving Zrinjski a total of 47 from their 17 games here. Outstanding results!

The Zrinjski goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier Liga.

Zrinjski enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rudar Prijedor's place. The match ended 2-0 with Bilbija (2) scoring.

Before that match, a Premier Liga win away at Rudar Prijedor.

Zrinjski are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Bijeli Brijeg in their league games, having scored an impressive 48 goals in 17 matches. Defensively Zrinjski have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (8 in 17 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sheriff form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

Sheriff have an excellent away record in the National Division so far with 10-4-0 from 14 games.

Two travels in a row for Sheriff, whose coach Vernydub could celebrate last time after the Moldovan Cup win against Sfintul Gheorghe.

Prior to that result Sheriff won their away game at Sfintul Gheorghe in the National Division. The scoreline was 2-0.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sheriff are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sheriff's manager Vernydub has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Zrinjski missing players

Sheriff missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zrinjski Sheriff
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
21 12   Won W   8 17
4 1   Drew D   4 4
0 0   Lost L   1 4
60 38   Scored S   23 54
12 7   Conceded C   8 15
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 80%
48% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
32% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 28%
16% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
40% 46%   BTTS BTTS   38% 24%
60% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   54% 64%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   15% 16%
 
5.3 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.4
3.8 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.4
1.7 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.5 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.7
5.5 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.1
44% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 40%
 
5.3 4.8   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 8
2.1 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.9 2.1

  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 33 26 6 1 74 14 17 15 2 0 48 8 16 11 4 1 26 6 60 84
2 Sloga 33 15 12 6 49 36 17 8 7 2 31 19 16 7 5 4 18 17 13 57
3 Borac Banja Luka 33 13 15 5 44 34 17 11 5 1 27 15 16 2 10 4 17 19 10 54
4 Sarajevo 33 13 7 13 37 33 17 8 4 5 24 12 16 5 3 8 13 21 4 46
5 Velez 33 13 8 12 42 37 16 8 2 6 21 17 17 5 6 6 21 20 5 44
6 Zeljeznicar 33 9 16 8 28 29 17 9 6 2 19 9 16 0 10 6 9 20 -1 43
7 Siroki Brijeg 33 8 15 10 31 35 17 6 7 4 18 16 16 2 8 6 13 19 -4 39
8 Posusje 33 8 13 12 33 51 16 7 7 2 21 14 17 1 6 10 12 37 -18 37
9 Leotar 33 9 7 17 25 46 16 5 6 5 15 18 17 4 1 12 10 28 -21 34
10 Sloboda Tuzla 33 7 12 14 26 35 16 5 7 4 16 15 17 2 5 10 10 20 -9 33
11 Radnik Bijeljina 33 5 12 16 34 53 16 4 6 6 17 18 17 1 6 10 17 35 -19 27
12 Rudar Prijedor 33 5 11 17 28 48 16 3 8 5 16 17 17 2 3 12 12 31 -20 26
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheriff 28 22 4 2 75 8 14 12 0 2 43 3 14 10 4 0 32 5 67 70
2 Petrocub 28 20 4 4 62 20 14 10 3 1 36 8 14 10 1 3 26 12 42 64
3 Milsami 28 15 6 7 50 31 14 6 4 4 27 19 14 9 2 3 23 12 19 51
4 Sfintul Gheorghe 28 10 8 10 38 39 14 6 1 7 19 18 14 4 7 3 19 21 -1 38
5 CSF Balti 28 11 3 14 39 39 14 5 1 8 18 21 14 6 2 6 21 18 0 36
6 Dinamo-Auto 28 9 5 14 35 72 14 3 5 6 14 27 14 6 0 8 21 45 -37 32
7 Zimbru 28 7 6 15 32 46 14 4 4 6 20 18 14 3 2 9 12 28 -14 27
8 Floresti 28 0 0 28 12 88 14 0 0 14 9 43 14 0 0 14 3 45 -76 -6

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheriff 28 22 4 2 75 8 14 12 0 2 43 3 14 10 4 0 32 5 67 70
2 Petrocub 28 20 4 4 62 20 14 10 3 1 36 8 14 10 1 3 26 12 42 64
3 Milsami 28 15 6 7 50 31 14 6 4 4 27 19 14 9 2 3 23 12 19 51
4 Sfintul Gheorghe 28 10 8 10 38 39 14 6 1 7 19 18 14 4 7 3 19 21 -1 38
5 CSF Balti 28 11 3 14 39 39 14 5 1 8 18 21 14 6 2 6 21 18 0 36
6 Dinamo-Auto 28 9 5 14 35 72 14 3 5 6 14 27 14 6 0 8 21 45 -37 32
7 Zimbru 28 7 6 15 32 46 14 4 4 6 20 18 14 3 2 9 12 28 -14 27
8 Floresti 28 0 0 28 12 88 14 0 0 14 9 43 14 0 0 14 3 45 -76 -6

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.