Borac Banja Luka beat Čelik 2:0 in the Premier League's third round on Sunday. The hosts moved into third place with seven points from three games. Čelik remain in sixth on four points after five matches.
The opening goal came at forty-two minutes when M. Deket found the net. Before that, the match had its first caution at twenty-two minutes for K. Horic, followed by J. Amoah's booking at twenty-seven. Both players came off at the break, a double change that shifted the tempo.
Čelik got a second chance early in the half. P. Djajic scored at fifty minutes to pull one back, but the visitors never found an equaliser. Borac controlled the tempo after that, and here's the thing — they never looked like dropping points.
The statistics tell the story of dominance. Borac registered ninety-five attacks compared to Čelik's fifty-nine. Possession sat at sixty-one per cent for the hosts. They landed five shots on target against just one for the visitors.
Substitutions came thick and fast in the second half. Romera and Roguljic were withdrawn together at sixty-eight and sixty-nine minutes. Deket and Djajic both came off at seventy-nine after doing their job.
This result keeps Borac's unbeaten run at three games. Čelik have lost three of five now. The gap between sixth and third sits at three points.
