The Lokomotiva Zagreb manager G. Tomić attacks this game with the team placed 7th so far. In the visitors dressing room Gorica and their manager V. Dambrauskas are in 2nd place before this match.
It's no vacation for neither Lokomotiva nor Gorica as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Lokomotiva Zagreb's two home games in the 1. HNL so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadion Kranjčevićeva.
Lokomotiva's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Gorica (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Varazdin the opponent.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lokomotiva Zagreb have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost three.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Lokomotiva Zagreb at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica are yet to lose a point on their 1. HNL travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Two travels in a row for Gorica, whose manager V. Dambrauskas could celebrate last time after the 1. HNL win against Lokomotiva Zagreb. Before that, Gorica secured a home win against Belisce with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Gorica in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Gorica, zero draws and one defeat.
The Gorica manager V. Dambrauskas has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 9 goals in 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gorica have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiva and Gorica have met before this season: Lokomotiva Zagreb - Gorica 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Lokomotiva wins - draws - Gorica wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Mudrinski 5 goals |  K. Lovrić 3 goals |  F. Karačić 1 goals |
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
Gorica missing players
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 8.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 39 | 58 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 46% |
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most matches over the total-line (4) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most points (9) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals (9) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the the best goal difference (+6) away in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals (9) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the the worst goal difference (-6) in 1. HNL
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Last season | Gorica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 57 | 38 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 34 | 48 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 83% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 78% | ||
| 50% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 72% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 31% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 33% | ||
| 31% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 346 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 176 | 384 | ||
| 143 | 96 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 162 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Gorica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Varazdin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Rijeka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 6 | Osijek | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 42 | 80 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 65 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 64 |
| 4 | Osijek | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 62 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 60 |
| 6 | Gorica | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 34 | -4 | 49 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -21 | 36 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 35 | -32 | 25 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 36 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 72 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 37 | -40 | 17 |