Maccabi Haifa and Zeljeznicar get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 1st Qualifying Round fixture.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams have little in common geographically as Zeljeznicar have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Last season, Maccabi's Europa League journey ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Happy days for Maccabi in their previous game, a Ligat ha'Al match away at Hapoel Hadera that ended with a 2-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hapoel Be'er Sheva (0-1).
Zeljeznicar form and stats
Zeljeznicar was sent out of Europa League in the 2nd qualifying round last season, when Apollon turned out to be too strong.Zeljeznicar are yet to lose a point on their Premier Liga travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. It’s been three wins in a row for Zeljeznicar on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The manager A. Osim was unhappy after their last game, a Premier Liga match played at their home ground Stadion Grbavica. Zeljeznicar suffered a 0-1 loss to Mladost Doboj Kakanj. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Sloboda Tuzla.
Zeljeznicar have the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mujezinović 4 goals | S. Štilić 2 goals |  I. Lendrić 2 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Zeljeznicar missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Zeljeznicar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 28 | 50 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 21 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 287 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 325 | ||
| 128 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 137 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bnei Yehuda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Maccabi Netanya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Hapoel Hadera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hapoel Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ashdod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Bnei Sakhnin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Zeljeznicar | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Siroki Brijeg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Sloga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Borac Banja Luka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Velez | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Sarajevo | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Sloboda Tuzla | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Zrinjski | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 10 | Radnik Bijeljina | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Krupa na Vrbasu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Olimpic Sarajevo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 |