It's the second opportunity for points this season as Lokomotiva Zagreb and Osijek battle it out at Stadion Kranjčevićeva.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Kyzyl-Zhar, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Osijek.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
Last season, Lokomotiva Zagreb's league results were 12 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, results that produced 5th spot in the Arena Cup. From these 36 matches they scored 55 goals and let in 50. Appearing as the home side in the previous season Lokomotiva Zagreb produced 9-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 18 conceded.
Lokomotiva Zagreb faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dinamo Zagreb (2-3). Did Lokomotiva Zagreb get overconfident in their match against Dinamo Zagreb? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Heartbreak for Lokomotiva in their last match as Dinamo Zagreb's Menalo scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The gifted forward Kulenović bested all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.54 out of 10. Kulenović scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sibenik in a game that was won 2-1.Osijek form and stats
Let's have a look at how Osijek performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 12 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 23/17 goals scored/conceded.
Two away matches in a row for Osijek, whose boss Bjelica could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Kyzyl-Zhar.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Gorica in the 1. HNL.A quick return to home after this game, as Osijek are hosting Kyzyl-Zhar in the Europa Conference League only four days away.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiva Zagreb-Osijek H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lokomotiva Zagreb one win, Osijek seven wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Dijon 2 goals |  A. Ibrahim 1 goals |  S. Kulenovic 1 goals |
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
Osijek missing players
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Osijek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Last season | Osijek | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 55 | 31 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 67% | ||
| 61% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 42% | ||
| 36% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 67% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 17% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 47% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 25% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Osijek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 7 | Gorica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 46 | 79 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 33 | 72 |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 69 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 71 | 51 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 65 |
| 5 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 55 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 49 |
| 6 | Gorica | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 19 | -7 | 45 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -19 | 36 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 46 | 75 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 38 | -29 | 32 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 67 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -25 | 31 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 75 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 45 | -44 | 19 |
