1. HNL: Osijek - Hajduk Split pre-match thoughts and numbers

It's no vacation for neither Osijek nor Hajduk Split as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Osijek form and stats

Osijek are steadily winning 1. HNL games and points here at Stadion Gradski vrt. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The Osijek goalkeeper Ivica Ivusic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 366 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. HNL.

Osijek drew their last game, also a home match. Hajduk Split (placed 4th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Bralić, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Bralić won 5 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gorica that ended 0-0.

Osijek have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Gradski vrt with 21 goals in 14 league matches. More than 55 percent of these goals (12 in total) were scored after at least one hour had been played. From these home matches, Osijek have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Hajduk Split form and stats

Hajduk Split have an excellent away record in the 1. HNL so far with 8-4-2 from 14 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Slaven Koprivnica game have they lost an away game, meaning Hajduk Split has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hajduk Split goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic is eager to challenge this, with his 216 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Hajduk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Osijek (placed 2nd). Kalinić (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.32. Kalinić topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dinamo Zagreb.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Hajduk Split are regular goalscorers on their travels. 17 goals have been conceded by Hajduk in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Hajduk Split - Osijek 0-0. The ref had use for red card when these teams last played each other, and the sinner was Bjelica (Osijek). Osijek-Hajduk Split H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Osijek four wins, Hajduk Split two wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

M. Livaja 22 goals

J. Mlakar 7 goals

M. Žaper 4 goals

Osijek missing players

Hajduk Split missing players