FK Sarajevo v Radnik Bijeljina — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Premijer Liga · Saturday, 8 August 2026. Final score 0–0 (half-time 0–0). Before kick-off we rated it 62% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 0, so that call landed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals42%58%Under
Over 3.5 goals22%78%no pick
Both teams to score36%64%No

The result model puts FK Sarajevo at 73%, the draw at 18% and Radnik Bijeljina at 9%, from expected goals of 2.15 and 0.61.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Premijer Liga has produced over 2.5 goals in 38% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. FK Sarajevo have 0 in 0 this season, Radnik Bijeljina 0 in 0. Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 38% and 38%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 0 and 0 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 47% and 33%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 40%.

Head to head. These sides have met 7 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 57%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 42%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 52%, from expected goals of 2.15 for FK Sarajevo and 0.61 for Radnik Bijeljina. Folding in 30% of that view gives 45%.

Season opener. One of these sides has not played a league game yet. Openers run about 2.5 points under their league's norm, measured across 2,727 of them, so the rating is docked to 42%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
FK Sarajevo0
Radnik Bijeljina0

Head to head

18 Apr 26Radnik Bijeljina 1–2 FK SarajevoO2.5
6 Feb 26FK Sarajevo 2–0 Radnik BijeljinaU2.5
18 Oct 25Radnik Bijeljina 2–2 FK SarajevoO2.5
3 Aug 25FK Sarajevo 4–4 Radnik BijeljinaO2.5
25 May 25FK Sarajevo 1–1 Radnik BijeljinaU2.5
3 Dec 24Radnik Bijeljina 2–3 FK SarajevoO2.5

Things worth knowing

More: FK Sarajevo season stats · Radnik Bijeljina season stats · Premijer Liga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.