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Can the HSK Zrinjski Mostar make the surprise and move into the third round of the Europa League qualification? This question arises after the first leg, in which last week Utrecht at home against the runner-up from Bosnia did not get over a 1-1. In the return match in the stadium Bijeli Brijeg of Mostar the home side would now even a 0: 0 enough to progress.
Utrecht had been the clear superior team in the first leg against the Bosnians. A goal shot ratio of 27: 6 had the home side in the end but only enough for a draw. The guests took the lead in the 34th minute. The FCU came in the second round only to compensate. Can the club from the Eredivisie in the return match straighten the actual balance of power again? If you think before the match Zrinjski Mostar vs.. Utrecht the odds of bookmakers, the favorite should still reach the next round. Also, the betting base comes in their preview to the same result and sets in the duel Zrinjski Mostar. Utrecht their tip on Utrecht.
Zrinjski Mostar:
The HSK Zrinjski Mostar is with six championship titles together with Zeljeznicar Sarajevo record champion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the last six seasons alone, the HSK has won four championships. In the 2018/19 season Zrinjski had in the league but the FK Sarajevo the precedence. With a gap of five points, it was enough for Mostar only for second place at the end of the season. Thus, the club has ran this season in the Europa League qualification.
In round one the Bosnians had little problems with the FK Akademija Pandev from Macedonia. Zrinjski won both the first and second leg 3-0. Previously, the Bosnian record champions in the European Cup had never got beyond the third round. The domestic Premijer Liga has already started their game operation in the 2019/20 season. Before the start of the season there was a big change in the club.
18 players left the HSK. Eleven newcomers were obliged, but all largely free of charge. Something painful were certainly the departures of Milos Filipovic and Abid Mujagic, who had been the second and third best scorer of their team in the preseason. Also on the coach office there was a new signing with Hari Vukas. He followed on Blaz Sliskovic, who had taken over the club in August 2018 by Ante Mise.
On the first league match day Mostar had to accept a 0: 1 defeat at champions FK Sarajevo. On the second matchday, there was then with the 1-0 success at home against promoted Velez Mostar in the city derby the first win of the season for HSK. New signing Miljan Govedarica scored twice in the first European League qualifying round against Pandev. If you believe the bookmakers before the second leg Zrinjski Mostar vs.. Utrecht, a forecast on getting ahead of the hosts still makes little sense.
Utrecht:
The Football Club Utrecht has always finished in the top six in the Eredivisie for the past four seasons. As in the Netherlands, the teams play in the seats five to eight with each other always another Europa League participants, the club was allowed to play in spite of the good results at the end of the season next to this season only 2017/18 in the European Cup. At that time Utrecht made it to the playoff round, but failed there at Zenit St. Petersburg.
The FCU has been in the Dutch EL playoffs seven times and has moved four times (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019) to the European Cup. So far, the Red-whites achieved twice in their club’s history, the group stage in the European Cup. In the 2004/05 season, the club was in the UEFA Cup behind FK Dnipro, Real Zaragoza, Austria Vienna and FC Bruges with 0 points Group last. In the Europa League group stage of the season 2010/11, the FCU took at least five points, was behind Liverpool, Naples and Steaua Bucharest but still only last.
Utrecht would like to reach a group stage for a third time this season. But the 1-1 draw from home in the first leg is certainly not the optimal starting position for a progress. The new season in Eredivisie starts on the weekend. Utrecht starts with an away game at The Hague in the 2019/20 season. From September 2018 until the end of the preseason, the club was coached by former bond manager Dick Advocaat. Advocaat led the white-blue-red in the league from the relegation zone to sixth place. Advocaat did not want to extend his contract expiring at the end of the 2018/19 season.
Successor was John van den Brom, who came from AZ Alkmaar. Before the season, the club was reinforced with players such as Vaclav Cerny (Ajax), Justin Hoogma (Hoffenheim), Adam Maher (Alkmaar), Justin Lonwijk (PSV II) and Adrian Dalmau (Almelo). Utrecht had to cope only with the departure of Nicolas Gavory to Standard Liege. In preparation Utrecht played 9-0 against amateur club Montfoort, 5: 4 against SV Meppen, 1-0 against Fortuna Dusseldorf, 2: 3 against Antwerp and 3: 0 against Koninklijke HFC. In the first leg against Mostar stood with Maher, Lonwijk and Cerny three newcomers in the starting eleven. In the second leg missing injured Othman Boussaid and Timo Letschert.
Zrinjski vs Utrecht head to head matches
25.07.19 EL Utrecht Zrinjski 1 : 1