This might well be quite the compelling contest at Stadion Gradski vrt in the 1. HNL. Osijek is in 1st place and welcome Rijeka in 2nd position. Read all about the game here!
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals (2) in 1. HNL
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Osijek form and stats
Only two 1. HNL home games for Osijek so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Osijek are returning here after visiting Hrvatski Dragovoljac in a 1. HNL game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Antonio Mance and Darko Nejašmić scored the goal(s). Petar Bočkaj (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.81/10. Bočkaj signed up for two assists and hit nine key passes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Slaven Koprivnica.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Osijek have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost one.
Early season league goal statistics from Osijek's 2 home games: 3 goals, 0 conceded.
Rijeka form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first 1. HNL away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 10 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Rijeka are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Dinamo Zagreb (placed 7th). Darko Velkovski, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Velkovski hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels. As you can tell from the result, the match against Dinamo Zagreb was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Istra 1961.Rijeka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
It's early days yet, but Rijeka has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Osijek, three draws and three wins for Rijeka. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Drmic 3 goals |   D. Bohar 2 goals |  I. Abass 2 goals |
Osijek missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Osijek | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 11.3 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 32% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 44% |
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals (2) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have the the best goal difference (+5) in 1. HNL
- Osijek is in the best form (3-1-0)
| Osijek | Last season | Rijeka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Won | W | 10 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 59 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 51 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 26 | 46 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 81% | ||
| 39% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 50% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 22% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 14% | ||
| 39% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | ||
| 56% | 61% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 25% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12.3 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 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 | Osijek | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Gorica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Šibenik | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 84 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 56 | 85 |
| 2 | Osijek | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 34 | 77 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 61 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 60 |
| 5 | Gorica | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 59 |
| 6 | Šibenik | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 24 | -15 | 35 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 34 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -31 | 30 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -25 | 29 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 61 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -31 | 28 |