Osijek have come here for an exciting fight against the home side Istra 1961. Read up on the match with this thorough 1. HNL preview!
- Istra 1961 have the most conceded goals (14) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most scored goals (14) in 1. HNL
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Istra 1961 and Osijek.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Overall 1. HNL stats at home this season for Istra 1961 are 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Istra's previous game, also at home. Visiting Osijek (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 4-4 scoreline. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Osijek as Mkrtchyan's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 2-4 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Erceg, a forward, was the best performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Erceg scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rijeka (0-6).Early season league goal statistics from Istra 1961's 2 home games: {4 goals}, 7 conceded.
Osijek form and stats
Four points from two away games for Osijek, meaning one draw and one victory in the 1. HNL so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Istra 1961 (placed 9th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 4-4. Drawing 4-4 against Istra 1961 after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 4-2. Their manager Tomas needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. The draw against Istra 1961 came from a losing position. The Osijek manager Tomas brought on Nejašmić as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Lovrić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.43/10. Lovrić scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A loss, in the Europa Conference League away at Adana Demirspor, before that.
Osijek have the goal stats of 8-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Istra 1961 - Osijek 4-4 was the product when this pair of squads previously did battle, also in this season. Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Istra 1961 won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Osijek managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Caktaš 5 goals |   A. Erceg 2 goals |  R. Mierez 2 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Osijek missing players
| Istra 1961 | Osijek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 13.3 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 7.3 |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 14.8 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 4 |
- Istra 1961 have the most conceded goals (14) in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have the most conceded goals (7) at home in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have the the worst goal difference (-9) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most points (4) away in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most scored goals (14) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most scored goals (8) away in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in 1. HNL
- Osijek is in the best form (2-1-0) in 1. HNL
| Istra 1961 | Last season | Osijek | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 46 | ||
| 38 | 11 | Conceded | C | 28 | 41 | ||
| 81% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | ||
| 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 69% | ||
| 33% | 28% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 42% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 11% | ||
| 33% | 28% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 47% | 61% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 33% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 31% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 28% | ||
| 11.7 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Osijek | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | Varazdin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Gorica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 10 | Rudes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 53 | 81 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 71 |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 50 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 49 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -2 | 46 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -10 | 46 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -5 | 43 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 43 |
| 9 | Gorica | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30 | -14 | 32 |
| 10 | Sibenik | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 56 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
