The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Gorica are in the 4th position while the guesting Lokomotiva Zagreb worry at 10th.
- Gorica have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have the fewest scored goals (22) 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 Gorica and Lokomotiva Zagreb.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica have collected 23 points from their 1. HNL home games so far after 6-5-4.
An away draw last time out for Gorica, facing Sibenik in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Slaven Koprivnica (0-1).
Younes Delfi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sibenik after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
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 six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gorica as they are travelling to their away game against Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatia Cup. That match is four days after this one.
The Gorica fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
There's been little loot from Lokomotiva Zagreb's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the 1. HNL. Lokomotiva Zagreb, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in 1. HNL, only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Toplak, the Lokomotiva Zagreb manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Lokomotiva Zagreb had fun at their own home (ŠRC Velika Gorica) last time out, beating Varaždin 4-0. Roko Šimić (2), Mate Maleš and Kyriakos Papadopoulos scored. A 0-3 defeat away at Rijeka before that.
As mentioned above, Lokomotiva Zagreb was the only team on the pitch versus Varaždin in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Lokomotiva are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
The attacking power of Lokomotiva when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As for defending, Lokomotiva rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Lokomotiva Zagreb - Gorica 0-3 earlier this season. Gorica-Lokomotiva Zagreb H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gorica four wins, Lokomotiva Zagreb three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 15 goals |  O. Mudrinski 8 goals | M. Dieye 5 goals |
Gorica missing players
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Gorica | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 52 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 36 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 24 | 50 |
| 93% | 87% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 80% | 87% |
| 73% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 53% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 23% | 27% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 67% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 17% | 27% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 53% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 12.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.3 | 7.8 |
| 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 40% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 29% |
- Gorica have scored more than double the goals of Lokomotiva Zagreb.
- Gorica have the most matches over the total-line (16) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have the fewest scored goals (22) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) 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 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 44 | 68 |
| 2 | Osijek | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 29 | 66 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 51 |
| 4 | Gorica | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 44 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -9 | 31 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Varaždin | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -28 | 25 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -22 | 24 |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 23 |