The visiting Osijek side should be favourites in this visit to Istra 1961, as the away team holds a 32 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
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.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Istra 1961's struggle is real here at Stadion Aldo Drosina with only 7 points collected from 14 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-4-9. All in all it has been a very rough period for Istra 1961 who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Lokomotiva Zagreb. With Istra 1961 having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager I. Cvitanović.Istra 1961's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Dinamo Zagreb. 3-3 away at Slaven Koprivnica before that.
Istra 1961 aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Aldo Drosina with only 10 goals from 14 games. Istra 1961 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (28 from 14 played).
Osijek form and stats
7-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Osijek in their matches away.The supporters enjoyed Osijek's previous game versus Rudes, a 1. HNL 2-0 win played at home. Before that, Osijek travelled to Hajduk Split and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Osijek's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 14 away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Osijek in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Osijek - Istra 1961 1-0 earlier this season. Istra 1961-Osijek H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Istra 1961 0 wins, Osijek 6 wins, 4 draws.Top Goalscorers
 
M. Marić
14 goals
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R. Mierez
8 goals
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E. Henty
4 goals
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Istra 1961 missing players
Osijek missing players
| Istra 1961 | Osijek | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 26 | 10 | Scored | 23 | 50 |
| 56 | 28 | Conceded | 15 | 30 |
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 97% |
| 79% | 86% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 83% |
| 52% | 43% | Over 2.5 | 57% | 52% |
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 28% |
| 17% | 21% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 14% |
| 48% | 57% | Both teams to score | 57% | 55% |
| 14% | 14% | Clean Sheet | 36% | 31% |
| 41% | 36% | Failed To Score | 14% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
- Osijek is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 45 | 76 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 29 | 56 |
| 3 | Osijek | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | Gorica | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 44 |
| 7 | Inter Zaprešić | 29 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 31 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 40 | -36 | 27 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 29 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 25 | -13 | 26 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -30 | 18 |
| 10 | Rudeš | 29 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 37 | -48 | 10 |
