BOSNIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 26th WEEK

(Click here for the original Turkish text in Haber Boşnak, published May 8, 2012.)
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While Zeljo’s championship title is more or less certain in the Bosnian Premijer League, the struggle at the bottom of the league continues.

(photo: Oslobodjenje)

Since Şiroki Brijeg lost two points with an away 0-0 draw against Çelik, the difference between Zeljo and Şiroki Brijeg ibncreased to nine points by Zeljo’s away victory against Velez. Zeljo will be playing with Slavija at May 9, Wednesday and in case of a probable victory, they can announce title three weeks before the end of the season.

On the other side, Slavija does not seems to be playing easy in this match. They were the most relevant candidate of relegation since the beginning of the season. However, keeping up a a brilliant performance in the second half of the season Slavija rescued itself from relegation line. They had a 2-2 home draw against Olimpik last weekend, but since Sloboda lost at home against Borac, the difference between Slavija and Sloboda increased to three points.

This week Slavija will play a difficult away match against Zeljo, where as Sloboda may gain three points from home match against Çelik and the points will be equalized. As we mentioned last week, Sloboda’s remaining matches are relatively easier than that of Slavija’s. But the determiner match will be the last week’s Slavija-Sloboda match which will be played in Lukavica.

Slavija’s next matches:

Zeljeznicar (away)

Zvijezda

Borac (away)

Sloboda

Sloboda’s next matches:

Çelik

GOŞK (away)

Velez

Slavija (away)

The results of the matches played in the Bosnian Premier League in the 26th week are as follow:

FK Sarajevo: 2 – Zrinjski Mostar: 0

FK Slavija: 2 – Olimpik Sarajevo: 2

Çelik Zenica: 0 – Şiroki Brijeg: 0

FK Kozara: 1 – NK Travnik: 2

Leotar Trebinje: 1 – Rudar Prijedor: 0

Sloboda Tuzla: 0 – Borac Banja Luka: 1

Velez Mostar: 1 – Zeljeznicar: 2

GOŞK Gabela: 2 – Zvijezda Gradaçac: 1

Standings of the teams by the end of 26th week:

(Source: www.rezultati.com)

Next Week’s Schedule (Week 27: May, 9):

Sloboda – Çelik

Borac – GOŞK

Zvijezda – Velez

Zeljo – Slavija

Olimpik – Sarajevo

Zrinjski – Kozra

Travnik – Leotar

Rudar – Şiroki Brijeg

FK NOVI PAZAR

Last week we could not be so certain about Novi Pazar’s salvation from relegation, despite the six points difference between Pazar and Borac. There are two reasons for that: Firstly, Pazar can lose very so to say easy matches, and may be victorous in very difficult ones and in that sense very difficult to predict. Secondly, football is never only only football in Balkans, which we know it very well especially looking at OFK Beograd’s easy defeats against those teams who are struggling to keep away from relegation line.

This week, while Pazar lost  3-0 away match against Sloboda Uzice, the good news came from Beograd. Rad, which we did not expect them to play well against rival of Pazar, had a home victory against Borac and with Pazar’s better results against Borac, despite having the same points it is certain that Pazar will not be relegated.

(Source: www.utakmica.rs)

Now, the issue for Pazar is how they will define next season’s target, since they fulfilled this year’s for staing in the Super Liga. The new players added to the squad will more or less show club’s intentions for the next season.