Football preview: Osijek favourites when Gorica arrive

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gradski vrt (18856 seats)

It's a fresh 1. HNL campaign and Osijek are keen to get started here at Stadion Gradski vrt. Gorica are coming to visit and this should be a spellbinding season launch.

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Osijek form and stats

In the previous season, Osijek's league results were 19 wins, 12 draws and 5 losses, resulting in 3rd place in the 1. HNL. Over these 36 matches they scored 49 goals and gave away 29. Appearing at home in the former season Osijek delivered 11-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 12 conceded.

Osijek have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 4 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Osijek have scored 11 goals and conceded 1 time.

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Gorica form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gorica performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 8 with 18/19 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Gorica have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Osijek victories, five draws and two Gorica wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Osijek missing players

Gorica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Osijek Gorica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Osijek Last season Gorica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
19 11   Won W   8 12
12 5   Drew D   2 9
5 2   Lost L   8 15
49 26   Scored S   18 43
29 12   Conceded C   19 50
83% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
67% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 72%
42% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 47%
19% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 25%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 11%
44% 39%   BTTS BTTS   44% 53%
47% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 25%
25% 22%   Failed to Score F T   33% 28%
 
5.9 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.6
3.9 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.8
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.8
4 0   Red cards R C   0 4
 
12.3 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 10.4
5.4 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.2
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
9.5 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 11.4
3.7 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.8

  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 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Osijek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Varazdin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 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 Šibenik 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

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Osijek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Varazdin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0

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