BSK Banja Luka 0:1 Sloga Doboj: Premijer Liga Match Result

Match report

BSK Banja Luka fell to Sloga Doboj 0:1 in the Premier League's fourth round on Saturday. The away side took all three points despite having fewer shots on target and less possession than their hosts.

And here's the thing about the 26th minute — Chuca's goal wasn't built from sustained pressure. Doboj had barely 43 per cent of the ball but found the space they needed. Four shots on target for Banja Luka against one from the visitors tells you how possession can deceive.

Banja Luka threw bodies forward after the break, making three substitutions in the space of three minutes. Seslak, Ferreiroa and Dizdarevic came on at 58 and 59 minutes, hoping to add something. M. Savic, who had picked up a yellow card twelve minutes in, was among those replaced.

By then the match had shifted. A red card at 72 minutes changed everything — Banja Luka playing with ten men for the final eighteen minutes. Chuca, the goalscorer, was brought off himself at 76 minutes, perhaps a precaution given his earlier booking.

The statistics show a match where dominance didn't translate. Banja Luka recorded 107 attacks against 96 for Doboj, with 11 shots to five. Yet only one shot found the net. By then the visitors had already secured what they needed.

Banja Luka sit eighth with three points from five games. Doboj move up to fourth on five points after four matches. The gap between them is now two points, and the away side have shown they can compete when it matters.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 57.00 – 43

Shots on target 4 – 1

Shots off target 7 – 4

Attacks 107 – 96

🟨 12' M. Savic — Yellow card ⚽ 26' Chuca — Goal ⇄ 58' O. Seslak — Substitution ⇄ 58' F. Ferreiroa — Substitution ⇄ 59' D. Dizdarevic — Substitution ⇄ 61' M. Savic — Substitution 🟨 66' Chuca — Yellow card 🟥 72' Red card ⇄ 76' T. Jovic — Substitution ⇄ 76' Chuca — Substitution 🟨 78' D. Savic — Yellow card 🟨 90' M. Veselinovic — Yellow card 🟨 90+1' R. Corral — Yellow card

Match events

12' 0:0 Sloga Doboj Yellow card M. Savic
26' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Goal Chuca
58' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Substitution O. Seslak off: D. Savic
58' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Substitution F. Ferreiroa off: Dani Molina
59' 0:1 BSK Banja Luka Substitution D. Dizdarevic off: J. Ljubic
61' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Substitution M. Savic off: J. Cueto
66' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Yellow card Chuca
72' 0:1 BSK Banja Luka Red card
76' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Substitution T. Jovic off: M. Veselinovic
76' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Substitution Chuca off: J. Bolivar
78' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Yellow card D. Savic
90' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Yellow card M. Veselinovic
90+1' 0:1 Sloga Doboj Yellow card R. Corral

Statistics

57.00 Possession, % 43

4 Shots on target 1

7 Shots off target 4

107 Attacks 96

3 Corners 1

25 Free kicks 14

1 Offsides 1

0 Yellow cards 5

1 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 12

21 Throw-ins 11

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