This is shaping up to be quite the appealing clash at Stadion Gradski vrt in the 1. HNL. Osijek is in 10th place and host Hajduk Split in 3rd position. Read all about the fixture here!
- Osijek have the the worst goal difference (-4) in 1. HNL
- Hajduk Split have the fewest conceded goals (5) in 1. HNL
Hajduk Split could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.
Osijek form and stats
Osijek have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the 1. HNL. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Osijek have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Osijek faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dinamo Zagreb (2-5). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The attacking player Beljo won the honour of being "man of the match" for Osijek with a rating of 7.31/10. Beljo scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Varazdin that ended 2-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Osijek perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Osijek as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Osijek has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Osijek are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games.
Hajduk Split form and stats
Hajduk Split have six points from their first three away games in the 1. HNL, meaning two victories and a loss.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa Conference League home defeat versus Villarreal with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Sahiti got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Sahiti hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 1. HNL.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Hajduk Split in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Hajduk Split, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Hajduk Split has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Hajduk Split have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Osijek have pulled off a sequence of 7 consecutive matches without losing (3-4-0) when facing Hajduk Split.Top Goalscorers
  D. Dijon 4 goals |   M. Livaja 3 goals |  L. Kleinheisler 2 goals |
Osijek missing players
Hajduk Split missing players
| Osijek | Hajduk Split | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 14 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 64% |
| 8.7 | 7.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 13.5 |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 6.5 |
- Hajduk Split have the fewest conceded goals (5) in 1. HNL
- Hajduk Split have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in 1. HNL
- Hajduk Split have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the the worst goal difference (-4) in 1. HNL
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Slaven Koprivnica | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Varazdin | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 6 | Šibenik | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Gorica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Osijek | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
