The league table in 1. HNL tells a story about these teams so far, with Gorica leading Lokomotiva Zagreb by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
- Gorica has the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 1. HNL
Lokomotiva Zagreb could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. HNL game only four sleeps ago.
Gorica form and stats
The story so far in the 1. HNL for Gorica, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL, at their home stadium (ŠRC Velika Gorica) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Gorica after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Gorica's last game was hosting Varazdin (placed 9th) and winning 1-0. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Sibenik.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Gorica matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and one defeat (from two games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. HNL game versus Slaven Koprivnica in only four days. This game is also played here at ŠRC Velika Gorica.
Gorica can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. On the other hand, Gorica have conceded 5 goals.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lokomotiva Zagreb so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Lokomotiva, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Rijeka game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Lokomotiva Zagreb have lost on their last two travels.
The manager G. Tomić was unhappy after their last game, a 1. HNL match played at their home ground Stadion Kranjčevićeva. Lokomotiva suffered a 1-2 loss to Hajduk Split (placed 4th). A draw for Lokomotiva before that, at their own venue hosting Varazdin (2-2).
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Lokomotiva Zagreb playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
The attacking power of Lokomotiva when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. The Lokomotiva manager G. Tomić has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lokomotiva Zagreb - Gorica 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gorica two wins, five draws and Lokomotiva Zagreb three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 7 goals |  O. Mudrinski 6 goals |  J. Hamad 2 goals |
Gorica missing players
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Gorica | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 90% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 90% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 90% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 10% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 58 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 45 | 87 |
| 41 | 24 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 56% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 38% |
- Gorica has the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most points from losing position (10) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have not yet lost a game at home.
- Gorica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gorica have scored more than double the goals of Lokomotiva Zagreb.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Osijek | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Gorica | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Rijeka | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 8 |