The first leg ended LASK Linz-Zrinjski 2-1. All is set for the decider in this Europa League Play-offs fixture!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It's no vacation for neither Zrinjski nor LASK Linz as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zrinjski form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa League for Zrinjski, as the manager Rendulić led his troops to eliminate Breidablik, and reach the Play-offs. Zrinjski participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 1st qualifying round and lost against Sheriff.Perfect Premier Liga season at home so far for Zrinjski 2 wins from 2 appearances. 1W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Zrinjski.
The Zrinjski club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zvijezda '09 Brgule and win 5-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Zrinjski, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Zvijezda '09 Brgule. Fun stuff to watch!
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against LASK Linz in the Europa League.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zrinjski, as the Premier Liga home game vs Siroki Brijeg is only one day away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Zrinjski at home in the league. 8 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
LASK Linz form and stats
The Tipico Bundesliga season is young and LASK Linz have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Žulj (2) scored in LASK's previous match, the home game against Austria Wien that ended 2-0. Žulj, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.21. Žulj scored two goals.
Before that, the win at home hosting Zrinjski in the Europa League (2-1).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Austria Lustenau in just three days.
It's early days yet, but LASK Linz has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other before in this season, with the match result LASK Linz - Zrinjski 2-1 entered in the official records. One of the profiles has been Žulj with 2 goals scored against Zrinjski in these 1 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Bilbija 5 goals |   R. Zulj 3 goals |  M. Malekinušić 2 goals |
Zrinjski missing players
LASK Linz missing players
| Zrinjski | LASK Linz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 54 | 37 | Scored | S | 22 | 54 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 12 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 43% | ||
| 6.9 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Siroki Brijeg | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Igman Konjic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Borac Banja Luka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Zrinjski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Sarajevo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Zeljeznicar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Velez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | GOSK Gabela | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | Sloga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Posusje | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 11 | Sloga Doboj | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Zvijezda '09 Brgule | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Austria Klagenfurt | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | LASK Linz | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Rheindorf Altach | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 7 | Wolfsberger AC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Hartberg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -6 | 5 |
| 9 | Austria Wien | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Wattens | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| 11 | Austria Lustenau | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 2 |
| 12 | Blau-Wei Linz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 1 |
