International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Sarajevo and Celtic are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Play-offs.
The visiting Celtic played their last game only four days ago, a Premiership match.
It's quite the trip for Celtic when visiting Sarajevo as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Sarajevo form and stats
Sarajevo have reached this Europa League stage through battling and winning against Buducnost. Sarajevo was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa League.Sarajevo have collected seven points from their first three Premier Liga games here at Stadion Bilino Polje, a promising start. Sarajevo has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Zeljeznicar defeat 306 days ago.
Sarajevo's last game was hosting Buducnost and winning 2-1. Before that match, a Premier Liga win away at Sloboda Tuzla.
Sarajevo are traveling soon after this match as the Premier Liga match at Zrinjski awaits in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Sarajevo's attacking play is working. Sarajevo have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Celtic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Riga in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. Celtic was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season.In general it has been a productive period now for Celtic as they haven't lost any of their last 18 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Livingston game have they lost an away game, meaning Celtic has taken points from 14 away matches in a row.
Celtic had fun at their own home (Stadion Bilino Polje) last time out, beating Hibernian 3-0. Albian Ajeti, Mohamed Elyounoussi and Callum McGregor scored. Preceding that game was the away Europa League victory against Riga with the score of 1-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Celtic manager N. Lennon as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against St. Johnstone.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Sarajevo won zero, Celtic won two and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Tatar 6 goals |   A. Ajeti 5 goals |  O. Édouard 4 goals |
Sarajevo missing players
Celtic missing players
| Sarajevo | Celtic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 59 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 240 | 97 | Total Shots | T S | 189 | 383 | ||
| 104 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 73 | 171 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Sloga | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Zeljeznicar | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Velez | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Siroki Brijeg | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Zrinjski | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Sloboda Tuzla | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Radnik Bijeljina | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Krupa na Vrbasu | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 11 | Mladost Doboj Kakanj | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
| 12 | Olimpic Sarajevo | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 3 |