There has been no shortage of highs and lows for these two sides this season, placed in positions near the center of the 1. HNL table. Here's the Osijek - Gorica latest:
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Little time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Croatia Cup match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Bednja, so at least Osijek are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Osijek form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Osijek have to build on here at Stadion Gradski vrt in the 1. HNL.
A strong away win for Osijek against Bednja the last match, as P. Bočkaj, Y. Cheberko and M. Daku were on target.
A 1-1 draw away in the 1. HNL before that, with Lokomotiva Zagreb the opponent.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Osijek matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and zero defeats (from four games).
Osijek are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Osijek have only let in 2 goals at home.
Gorica form and stats
Playing away, Gorica have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the 1. HNL this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Gorica, but there's smiles all around after the 7-3 victory versus Nehaj in the Croatia Cup last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Gorica was very dominant against Nehaj, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-3 (!) with J. Mitrović (2), J. Pršir and K. Lovrić (2) providing the goals.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 1. HNL.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gorica playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gorica as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Gorica have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Osijek won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Gorica have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 3 goals |   D. Bohar 2 goals | R. Mierez 2 goals |
Osijek missing players
Gorica missing players
| Osijek | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 38% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 6.1 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 24% |
- Gorica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Osijek | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Gorica | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 9 | Slaven Koprivnica | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 4 |