Gorica favourites for feisty fight facing Slaven Koprivnica

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: ŠRC Velika Gorica (8000 seats)

Gorica have won 10 of their 29 in total here in the safety of their own home. How will they do against Slaven Koprivnica?

Insights:
  • Gorica have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 1. HNL
  • Slaven Koprivnica have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in 1. HNL

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gorica form and stats

Gorica's struggle is real here at ŠRC Velika Gorica with only 10 points collected from 11 1. HNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-5. With eight home 1. HNL games in a row without a win, the Gorica fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Slaven Koprivnica game long ago, can be stopped today.

No payout for Gorica in their previous match, an away game at Dinamo Zagreb that ended in defeat 1-2. Jovičić, defender, was given a rating of 7.24/10 in that game, top of the team. Jovičić served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Hajduk Split with the scoreline 0-4.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gorica have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.

Gorica has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches.

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Slaven Koprivnica form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Slaven Koprivnica lost away at Hajduk Split (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Laušić got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Laušić served one assist and hit one key pass.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sibenik.

Slaven Koprivnica are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Koprivnica struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played previously this season: Slaven Koprivnica - Gorica 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Gorica victories, two draws and three Slaven Koprivnica wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Slaven KoprivnicaI. Krstanović
I. Krstanović
6 goals
GoricaA. Kalik
A. Kalik
4 goals
GoricaT. Fruk
T. Fruk
4 goals

Gorica missing players

Slaven Koprivnica missing players

Gorica Slaven Koprivnica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 2 12 23
8 2 1 Won W 0 4 6
5 4 2 Drew D 0 2 5
10 5 1 Lost L 2 6 12
29 15 7 Scored S 1 11 23
36 22 6 Conceded C 5 18 37
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
78% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 87%
57% 55% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 57%
30% 55% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 13%
13% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
65% 73% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 65%
17% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 9%
22% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 30%
 
5 6.5 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.7 4
4.6 3.3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 4.8
3 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.4 12.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 9.4
4.4 5.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 3.9
28% 26% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 26%
 
11.2 10.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.8 10
4.8 5.3 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.4
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • Gorica have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 1. HNL
  • Gorica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Slaven Koprivnica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slaven Koprivnica have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in 1. HNL

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 22 15 4 3 47 17 12 7 3 2 24 10 10 8 1 1 23 7 30 49
2 Osijek 23 13 7 3 34 17 12 8 2 2 20 9 11 5 5 1 14 8 17 46
3 Hajduk Split 22 13 5 4 42 21 10 6 2 2 15 5 12 7 3 2 27 16 21 44
4 Rijeka 23 13 4 6 45 32 12 7 2 3 23 15 11 6 2 3 22 17 13 43
5 Gorica 23 8 5 10 29 36 11 2 4 5 15 22 12 6 1 5 14 14 -7 29
6 Lokomotiva Zagreb 23 7 7 9 35 34 12 5 5 2 21 14 11 2 2 7 14 20 1 28
7 Sibenik 23 6 5 12 31 43 11 4 1 6 17 20 12 2 4 6 14 23 -12 23
8 Slaven Koprivnica 23 6 5 12 23 37 11 2 3 6 12 19 12 4 2 6 11 18 -14 23
9 Istra 1961 23 6 4 13 28 45 12 5 0 7 22 24 11 1 4 6 6 21 -17 22
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 23 2 4 17 22 54 11 0 3 8 8 21 12 2 1 9 14 33 -32 10