On paper it looks like advantage Gorica in this game against Hrvatski Dragovoljac, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Gorica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the most conceded goals (19) in 1. HNL
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 1. HNL. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Gorica, as their goalkeeper Ivan Banic has completely shut out the opponents for 234 minutes in the 1. HNL.
Gorica enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Lokomotiva Zagreb's place. The match ended 1-0 with Kristijan Lovrić scoring. Defender Albi Doka got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Doka won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that, Gorica had a home game versus Slaven Koprivnica which ended with a victory 1-0.Gorica are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost zero.
Gorica are traveling soon after this match as the Croatia Cup match at Nehaj awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Gorica in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Gorica have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Hrvatski Dragovoljac form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Hrvatski Dragovoljac playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Hrvatski Dragovoljac, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Slaven Koprivnica (placed 9th) in the 1. HNL last time out. Goalkeeper Zvonimir Šubarić got the top player rating of the team with 7.82/10. Šubarić stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Hajduk Split.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Hrvatski Dragovoljac played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
Hrvatski Dragovoljac are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. There are big problems for the Dragovoljac defense as they have conceded 12 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these teams: Gorica won seven, Hrvatski Dragovoljac triumphed in two and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 3 goals | M. Dieye 2 goals |  M. Veljača 2 goals |
Gorica missing players
Hrvatski Dragovoljac missing players
| Gorica | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 43% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 4 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5 | 7.7 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 12 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.5 | 6.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.8 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 30% |
- Gorica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the most conceded goals (12) away in 1. HNL
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the most conceded goals (19) in 1. HNL
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in 1. HNL
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in 1. HNL
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in 1. HNL
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have the the worst goal difference (-12) in 1. HNL
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Hrvatski Dragovoljac haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Osijek | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Gorica | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 9 | Slaven Koprivnica | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 3 |