APOEL and Zrinjski get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round fixture.
The hosts APOEL saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1. Division. That game was an away game at Enosis, so at least APOEL are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Zrinjski when visiting APOEL as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
APOEL form and stats
APOEL have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Gjilani and Kaisar. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 16th finals.Only two 1. Division home games for APOEL so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. In general it's been a long time since APOEL tasted defeat here at Neo GSP, as they have taken at least one point from their last 19 home games in the league.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Joao Miguel Macedo Silva not having conceded a league goal in 198 minutes.
APOEL are returning here after visiting Enosis in a 1. Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. G. Zahid (2) scored the goal(s). Before that match, a Europa League win away at Kaisar.
APOEL are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Doxa are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from APOEL's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Zrinjski form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Differdange 03 and Olimpija in order to reach 3rd Qualifying Round of Europa League. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round.It's not happening yet for Zrinjski on their Premier Liga travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Zrinjski have lost on their last two travels.
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 Ivan Brkic is eager to challenge this, with his 265 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Zrinjski play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Olimpija (after extra-time). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Mladost Doboj Kakanj.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Premier Liga trip to Krupa na Vrbasu.
It's early days yet, but Zrinjski has scored 0 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
APOEL missing players
Zrinjski missing players
| APOEL | Zrinjski | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 8 | 29 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 274 | 128 | Total Shots | T S | 69 | 233 | ||
| 110 | 54 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 83 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Apollon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | AEL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | AEK Larnaca | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Doxa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Anorthosis | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | APOEL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Olympiakos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Ethnikos Achna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Nea Salamis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Ermis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -7 | 3 |
| 12 | Paphos | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Karmiotissa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Enosis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Zeljeznicar | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Sloga | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Velez | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Siroki Brijeg | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Sloboda Tuzla | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Zrinjski | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Radnik Bijeljina | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Krupa na Vrbasu | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | Olimpic Sarajevo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 3 |