Osijek contests Istra 1961 in 1. HNL face-off

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gradski vrt (18856 seats)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this game if the league table is to be trusted. The Osijek regulars are hoping that the difference between 3rd and Istra 1961's 8th position in the table will show on the grass.

Insights:
  • Osijek have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 1. HNL
  • Istra 1961 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Osijek form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Gradski vrt as Osijek have scored 9 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 1. HNL are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Osijek goalkeeper Marko Malenica is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 251 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. HNL.

Happy days for Osijek in their previous game, a Croatia Cup match away at Rudes that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Before that, Osijek had a 1. HNL home game versus Hrvatski Dragovoljac which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Osijek fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Osijek have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Istra 1961 form and stats

There's been little loot from Istra 1961's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the 1. HNL. Istra 1961 only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Istra 1961, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Istra 1961 are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the 1. HNL against Lokomotiva Zagreb (placed 5th). Goalkeeper Ivan Lučić got the top player rating of the team with 7.43/10. Lučić stopped the opponent with four saves.

Preceding that game was the away Croatia Cup victory against Rudar Labin with the score of 3-2.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Istra struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Istra 1961 - Osijek 2-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Osijek won six games, one match ended in a draw and Istra 1961 have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Istra 1961B. Bandé
B. Bandé
6 goals
Istra 1961D. Dijon
D. Dijon
5 goals
OsijekM. Žaper
M. Žaper
2 goals

Osijek missing players

Istra 1961 missing players

Osijek Istra 1961
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 2 7 13
8 4 2 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
18 9 4 Scored S 1 5 17
10 5 0 Conceded C 3 12 25
92% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 92%
31% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 54%
8% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 38%
8% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
38% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 69%
46% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 15%
23% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 15%
 
6.8 8.1 10.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 3.7
3.3 2.9 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5 4.8
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 13.6 16 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.3 8.1
5.8 6.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.4 3.4
24% 19% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 39%
 
8.5 7.7 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 11.6 11.1
3.2 3.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.5
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • Istra 1961 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Istra 1961 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Istra 1961 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Osijek have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 1. HNL
  • Osijek have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in 1. HNL
  • Osijek have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Osijek have won significantly more corners at home than 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 12 8 3 1 31 10 7 4 2 1 16 6 5 4 1 0 15 4 21 27
2 Rijeka 13 8 3 2 31 20 6 4 1 1 12 7 7 4 2 1 19 13 11 27
3 Osijek 13 8 3 2 18 10 7 4 2 1 9 5 6 4 1 1 9 5 8 27
4 Hajduk Split 13 6 3 4 18 14 6 3 1 2 6 4 7 3 2 2 12 10 4 21
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 14 5 3 6 21 18 7 3 2 2 13 8 7 2 1 4 8 10 3 18
6 Gorica 14 5 3 6 17 20 7 2 2 3 10 12 7 3 1 3 7 8 -3 18
7 Sibenik 14 4 3 7 19 22 7 4 1 2 15 9 7 0 2 5 4 13 -3 15
8 Istra 1961 13 4 3 6 17 25 6 3 0 3 12 13 7 1 3 3 5 12 -8 15
9 Slaven Koprivnica 14 2 4 8 11 22 7 1 2 4 7 13 7 1 2 4 4 9 -11 10
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 14 1 4 9 13 35 7 0 3 4 6 13 7 1 1 5 7 22 -22 7