Season ticket holders at Stadion Aldo Drosina haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Istra 1961 languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Osijek will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
The visiting Osijek played their last game only four days ago, a 1. HNL match.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Istra 1961's struggle is real here at Stadion Aldo Drosina with only 11 points collected from 11 1. HNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-4.
In their previous game, the manager I. Prelec led his Istra 1961 to a defeat in the 1. HNL match away at Gorica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Aldo Drosina. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Slaven Koprivnica.
There will be little rest for Istra 1961 after this match as they are travelling to Dinamo Zagreb for a 1. HNL game in only four days.
The Istra 1961 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Istra 1961 have conceded 17 from these games.
Osijek form and stats
Osijek have only collected 8 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 1-5-5 (11 played).
Osijek have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 193 minutes ago. M. Maric was the goal scorer.
Osijek delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Hajduk Split (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a 1. HNL game. Prior to that match, the Osijek manager I. Kulešević faced defeat when travelling to Rijeka and losing 0-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Osijek are hosting Varazdin in the 1. HNL only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Osijek have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Osijek have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Osijek - Istra 1961 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Istra 1961 won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Osijek has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
 M. Marić 16 goals | A. Mance 5 goals | M. Žaper 3 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Osijek missing players
| Istra 1961 | Osijek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 18 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 36 |
| 38 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 92% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 83% |
| 75% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 62% |
| 38% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 46% |
| 21% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 38% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 42% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 42% |
| 50% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 25% |
| 4 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 214 | 98 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 134 | 309 |
| 85 | 36 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 60 | 134 |
| 21% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 22% | 27% |
- Istra 1961 has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
- Istra 1961 has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Istra 1961 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
- Istra 1961 has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Istra 1961 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Istra 1961 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Osijek has the most points from losing position (12)
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 36 | 59 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 45 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 41 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Osijek | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | Gorica | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -6 | 34 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -19 | 23 |
| 8 | Inter Zaprešić | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 17 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 21 | -20 | 16 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 16 |