Football facts: Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Istra 1961 - predictions and stats

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 16:55 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Kranjčevićeva (10850 seats)

Another interesting game in the 1. HNL. Lokomotiva Zagreb is in the 4th position after playing three matches. They welcome Istra 1961 who are placed 8th after three games.

Insights:
  • Lokomotiva Zagreb have the most points from losing position (4) in 1. HNL
  • Istra 1961 have the fewest scored goals (0) away in 1. HNL

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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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 4 points here at Stadion Kranjčevićeva.

A nice win for Lokomotiva last time playing, versus Hrvatski Dragovoljac. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Lukas Kačavenda and Ivan Milićević scoring for the victors. Lukas Kačavenda (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.13/10. Kačavenda scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

Ahead of that match, Lokomotiva won a home game hosting Hrvatski Dragovoljac (3-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lokomotiva handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and zero defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Lokomotiva Zagreb at home in the league. 5 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Istra 1961 form and stats

Istra 1961 have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the 1. HNL were 1 victory, 6 draws and 11 defeats from 18 fixtures.

Istra 1961 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Gorica proved too strong as Istra slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Aldo Drosina. Rafa Navarro, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Navarro hit two key passes and won 3 of 7 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rijeka wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Istra 1961 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, three draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

It's early days yet, but Istra 1961 has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: four wins for Lokomotiva, three draws and three wins for Istra 1961. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Istra 1961B. Bandé
B. Bandé
3 goals
Lokomotiva ZagrebJ. Pivarić
J. Pivarić
1 goals
LokomotivaE. Çokaj
E. Çokaj
1 goals

Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players

Istra 1961 missing players

Lokomotiva Zagreb Istra 1961
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
7 5 3 Scored S 0 0 4
5 4 2 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
6.3 7.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 2.7
3.7 2.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 4.7
1 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 14.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7.7
5.3 6.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
44% 38% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 36%
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • Istra 1961 have the fewest scored goals (0) away in 1. HNL
  • Lokomotiva Zagreb have the most points from losing position (4) in 1. HNL
  • Lokomotiva Zagreb have the most scored goals (5) at home in 1. HNL
Lokomotiva Zagreb Last season Istra 1961
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
7 5   Won W   1 7
9 3   Drew D   6 8
20 10   Lost L   11 21
29 18   Scored S   11 27
60 29   Conceded C   29 52
89% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
72% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 58%
44% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 33%
25% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
11% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
39% 39%   BTTS BTTS   50% 47%
25% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 14%
47% 44%   Failed to Score F T   44% 42%
 
4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.9
5.9 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.4
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.4
5 3   Red cards R C   0 2
 
7.9 8.4   Shots (avg) S (   7.4 7.6
2.6 2.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 2.9
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Osijek 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 5 10
2 Rijeka 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 7
3 Hajduk Split 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 7
4 Lokomotiva Zagreb 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
5 Gorica 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
6 Slaven Koprivnica 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
7 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 4
8 Istra 1961 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Sibenik 4 0 1 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 1
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 -8 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 26 7 3 84 28 18 14 2 2 44 13 18 12 5 1 40 15 56 85
2 Osijek 36 23 8 5 59 25 18 13 4 1 30 8 18 10 4 4 29 17 34 77
3 Rijeka 36 18 7 11 51 46 18 8 6 4 24 20 18 10 1 7 27 26 5 61
4 Hajduk Split 36 18 6 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 19 18 10 2 6 21 18 11 60
5 Gorica 36 17 8 11 60 47 18 8 5 5 28 24 18 9 3 6 32 23 13 59
6 Sibenik 36 9 8 19 32 47 18 5 4 9 12 23 18 4 4 10 20 24 -15 35
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 7 13 16 36 53 18 3 7 8 17 25 18 4 6 8 19 28 -17 34
8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 7 9 20 29 60 18 5 3 10 18 29 18 2 6 10 11 31 -31 30
9 Istra 1961 36 7 8 21 27 52 18 6 2 10 16 23 18 1 6 11 11 29 -25 29
10 Varazdin 36 6 10 20 30 61 18 3 5 10 21 35 18 3 5 10 9 26 -31 28