The Osijek manager N. Bjelica attacks this game with the team placed 4th so far. In the visitors dressing room Gorica and their manager V. Dambrauskas are in 2nd place before this match.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Osijek form and stats
Overall 1. HNL stats at home this season for Osijek, who have the most clean sheets (3) in 1. HNL, are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Osijek, as their goalkeeper Ivica Ivusic has completely shut out the opponents for 184 minutes in the 1. HNL.
It's back home for Osijek, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Varazdin away with the result 1-0. Mihael Žaper found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a Europa League defeat to Basel (1-2).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Osijek's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won one match, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Osijek fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. From these home matches, Osijek have conceded only 2 goals.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica are yet to lose a point on their 1. HNL travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Gorica's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Istra 1961 that finished 2-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lokomotiva Zagreb at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As mentioned above, Gorica drew the match against Istra 1961. Manager V. Dambrauskas brought on Younes Delfi to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Gorica when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The Gorica manager V. Dambrauskas has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 9 goals in 3 league matches away. Gorica have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - two - three (Osijek wins - draws - Gorica wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Mudrinski 5 goals |  K. Lovrić 3 goals |   V. Jugović 2 goals |
Osijek missing players
Gorica missing players
| Osijek | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 33% | 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 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 25 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 27 | 62 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 64% | 48% |
- All of Gorica's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most matches over the total-line (5) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most points (9) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most points from losing position (4) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals (9) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the the best goal difference (+6) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Gorica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gorica have scored more than double the goals of Osijek.
- Gorica have won all their away games so far.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Osijek has the most clean sheets (2) at home in 1. HNL
- Osijek has the most clean sheets (3) in 1. HNL
| Osijek | Last season | Gorica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 47 | 31 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 34 | 48 | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 83% | ||
| 53% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 78% | ||
| 36% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 72% | 53% | ||
| 25% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 31% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 39% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 33% | ||
| 28% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 9 | ||
| 501 | 270 | Total Shots | T S | 176 | 384 | ||
| 210 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 162 | ||
| 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Gorica | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Osijek | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Šibenik | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |