BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Interstat) — Borac Banja Luka defeated visiting Sloga Meridian 2-0 at Gradski Stadion on Sunday, holding the visitors scoreless and breaking through late in the match. Ante Roguljic scored in the 80th minute, providing the decisive moment in a game that remained tight into its final stretch. The home side finished with two goals while Sloga Meridian could not find a response. The match was played at Gradski Stadion in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Borac Banja Luka as the home team and Sloga Meridian as the visiting team. The score remained level until Roguljic’s goal in the 80th minute, and Sloga Meridian finished with no goals. The first half ended without a goal, and Borac Banja Luka’s breakthrough arrived in the second half. Sloga Meridian could not answer after falling behind, and the home side closed out the match with the two-goal margin.

The result left Sloga Meridian with 0 wins and 3 losses in the competition and 0 wins and 3 losses across all competitions. Borac Banja Luka moved to 2 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw in the competition and 5 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw across all competitions. Sloga Meridian entered after a 1-0 home loss to Siroki Brijeg and a 6-2 home loss to Zrinjski in its previous two matches in the competition. Borac Banja Luka’s recent run included a 2-0 home win over KuPS, a 0-0 draw at Velez Mostar, a 2-1 loss at Panathinaikos, a 2-0 home win over BSK Banja Luka, a 2-1 home win over Vojvodina and a 4-3 home win over Radnik Bijeljina. Those matches represented the teams’ previous results this season in reverse date order, with the competition and all-competition records updated after the final whistle. Sloga Meridian remained without a win in the competition and across all competitions, while Borac Banja Luka remained unbeaten in the competition and carried a positive all-competition record. The competition record for Sloga Meridian remains without a win, and the all-competition record is unchanged at 0 wins and 3 losses. Borac Banja Luka’s competition record includes two wins and one draw, while its all-competition record includes five wins, one loss and one draw.

Luka Juricic was listed among the key performers for Borac Banja Luka with one goal and one assist in 37 minutes. Roguljic was credited with one goal in one minute of play, and his 80th-minute strike accounted for the final scoring margin. Sloga Meridian was shown yellow cards in the 65th, 67th, 82nd and 89th minutes. Borac Banja Luka used substitutions for Ogrinec S., Peric K., Kukavica I. and Savic S. in the 53rd minute. The match data listed no goals for Sloga Meridian and two goals for Borac Banja Luka, with the only goal in the scoring sequence attributed to Roguljic in the 80th minute. The four Borac Banja Luka substitutions arrived at the same point in the second half, and Sloga Meridian’s yellow cards came at four separate points after the interval. Juricic’s statline placed him first among the listed key performers, followed by Roguljic. The substitutions and cards were recorded in order of occurrence.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Borac Banja Luka 10, Sloga Meridian 1, and Interstat’s ELO system had projected Borac Banja Luka with a 98.7 percent probability to win. Borac Banja Luka had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.75. The over/under line was set at 2.5, and the total score of 2 went over that line according to the supplied game information.