The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Osijek are in the 4th position while the guesting Inter Zaprešić worry at 8th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Osijek form and stats
This stadium, Stadion Gradski vrt, has been a fortress for Osijek in the 1. HNL so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-2-0. Ever since the Varaždin game Osijek has been unbeatable here at Stadion Gradski vrt producing five straight wins.
The Osijek supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Slaven Koprivnica in 1. HNL and win 3-2. Ahead of that match, Osijek won a home game hosting Slaven Koprivnica (3-2).
Osijek are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Wfive-Done-Lzero.
The Osijek manager I. Kulešević has got the team scoring with 21 from 10 home games in the league. Osijek are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Gradski vrt in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Inter Zaprešić form and stats
Inter Zaprešić, who have the most conceded goals (37) in 1. HNL, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 1-4-5 (10 played).
Inter Zaprešić had fun at their own home (Stadion Gradski vrt) last time out, beating Istra 1961 2-0. A 0-1 loss hosting Gorica before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Inter Zaprešić played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, three were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The attacking power of Inter Zaprešić when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Inter Zaprešić have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Inter Zaprešić - Osijek 3-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Osijek six wins, two draws and Inter Zaprešić two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Marić 14 goals |   S. Serderov 8 goals |  A. Mance 5 goals |
Osijek missing players
Inter Zaprešić missing players
| Osijek | Inter Zaprešić | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 34 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 22 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 21% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 70% |
| 37% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 16% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 262 | 152 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 65 | 140 |
| 125 | 69 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 28 | 62 |
| 27% | 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | 37% |
- Inter Zaprešić has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Inter Zaprešić has the most conceded goals (37)
- Inter Zaprešić has the most conceded goals in the second half (20)
- Inter Zaprešić has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Inter Zaprešić have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Inter Zaprešić haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Osijek has the most points from losing position (11)
- Osijek has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Osijek have not yet lost a game at home.
- Osijek have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Osijek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Osijek have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Inter Zaprešić have scored away.
| 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 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Osijek | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Gorica | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 8 | Inter Zaprešić | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 16 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -16 | 12 |
| 10 | Varaždin | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 12 |