Struggling Lokomotiva Zagreb will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Osijek in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in 1. HNL
- Osijek has the most clean sheets (8) in 1. HNL
Lokomotiva Zagreb and Osijek should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Lokomotiva Zagreb have to build on here at Stadion Kranjčevićeva in the 1. HNL.
Lokomotiva are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Istra 1961.
The Lokomotiva fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Lokomotiva have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Osijek form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in 1. HNL, on their 1. HNL travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Osijek had fun at their own home (Stadion Kranjčevićeva) last time out, beating Sibenik 1-0. Mile Škorić scored. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Sibenik.
Osijek are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Osijek have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Osijek - Lokomotiva 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lokomotiva three wins, two draws and Osijek five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Mierez 8 goals |  I. Tuci 3 goals | M. Žaper 3 goals |
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
Osijek missing players
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Osijek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 22 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 69% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 44% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 50% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 7.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.1 | 12.1 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 41% | 57% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 28% | 32% |
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Osijek has the most clean sheets (8) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Osijek haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 33 |
| 2 | Osijek | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Gorica | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 12 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 9 |