1. HNL: First-class vs modest, at least that's what the table says. Osijek - Rijeka. Home win or a surprise result?
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Osijek form and stats
Osijek are steadily winning 1. HNL games and points here at Stadion Gradski vrt. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Osijek here at Stadion Gradski vrt, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A good away victory last time out for Osijek, who won 2-0 against Sibenik (placed 9th). The striker Beljo was named "man of the match" for Osijek with a rating of 8.72/10. Beljo scored two goals and hit three key passes.
Before that match, a win away at Sibenik.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Osijek's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 2 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Osijek have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Gradski vrt with 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 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 6 from 8 matches.
Rijeka form and stats
As the visiting team in 1. HNL matches, Rijeka have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far.
Rijeka might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Dinamo Zagreb proved too strong as Rijeka slumped to a 2-7 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion HNK Rijeka. Rijeka lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-7 beating and focus on this one. Vrančić got a match rating of 8.4 in that game, top player of the team. Vrančić scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
A loss, in the Croatia Cup away at Bijelo Brdo, earlier.
Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The visiting Rijeka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rijeka have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent recorded result featuring both these squads is the Rijeka - Osijek 0-3 played previously this season. Last ten meetings between these squads: Osijek won four, Rijeka were winners in three and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Caktaš 7 goals |  R. Mierez 3 goals |  M. Frigan 3 goals |
Osijek missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Osijek | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 29 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 59% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 35% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 35% |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.8 | 13.9 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 10.2 | 10.4 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 27% |
| 9.8 | 8.9 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 13 | 11.7 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
- Osijek have not yet lost a game at home.
- Osijek have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Osijek have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in 1. HNL
- Osijek have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Osijek | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 26 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Istra 1961 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Rijeka | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -10 | 15 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 13 |
| 10 | Gorica | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
