Slaven Koprivnica will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Osijek.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the 1. HNL. This match was also played here at Gradski Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Osijek have had more rest.
Slaven Koprivnica form and stats
Slaven Koprivnica have played 3 1. HNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 1. HNL last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Varazdin with a 2-1 scoreline.
The Slaven Koprivnica manager T. Stipić has got the team scoring with 6 from 3 home games in the league. Koprivnica's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Osijek form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the 1. HNL away games so far for Osijek, who have the most clean sheets (4) in 1. HNL, with six points collected from three matches. The fact that Osijek have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Osijek has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Two travels in a row for Osijek, whose manager N. Bjelica could celebrate last time after the Croatia Cup win against Crikvenica. Prior to that result Osijek won their away game at Sibenik in the 1. HNL. The scoreline was 2-0.
As mentioned above, Osijek was the only team on the pitch versus Crikvenica in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
The visiting Osijek have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. 4 goals have been conceded by Osijek in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Osijek - Koprivnica 0-0. Slaven Koprivnica-Osijek H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Koprivnica two wins, Osijek four wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  I. Krstanović 4 goals |   R. Mierez 4 goals |  T. Božić 2 goals |
Slaven Koprivnica missing players
Osijek missing players
| Slaven Koprivnica | Osijek | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | 51 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 47 | 86 |
| 37 | 21 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 19 | 29 |
| 35% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 34% |
- Osijek has the most clean sheets (4) in 1. HNL
- Osijek have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Slaven Koprivnica has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Gorica | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Osijek | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Hajduk Split | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 5 |