Both these teams have struggled so far, but a win and three points in this very important fixture would certainly provide a boost. Get ready for Inter Zaprešić - Opatija!
- Inter Zaprešić have the fewest scored goals (13) in 2. HNL
- Opatija have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!
Inter Zaprešić form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Inter Zaprešić have to build on here at Stadion Ivan Laljak-Ivić in the 2. HNL.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 186 minutes without scoring a league goal. Rak was the last player to find the net.
Zaprešić faced defeat in their previous match, away at Croatia Zmijavci (0-2).
In the match before that, Inter Zaprešić hosted Dinamo Zagreb II and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Inter Zaprešić perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Inter Zaprešić as a small favourite), we find five games. Inter Zaprešić has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.
Zaprešić have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Opatija form and stats
There's been little loot from Opatija's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games in the 2. HNL. Opatija only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Opatija won their last game, 2-1 versus Cibalia played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sibenik's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Opatija in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Opatija, three draws and zero defeats.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Opatija's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before in this season, with the result Opatija - Inter Zaprešić 3-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Zaprešić one win, zero draws and Opatija two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 3 red cards from the last three duels.Top Goalscorers
  N. Rak 3 goals | D. Rešetar 3 goals | S. Marasovic 2 goals |
Inter Zaprešić missing players
Opatija missing players
| Inter Zaprešić | Opatija | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 69% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 6.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.6 | 10.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 25% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 22% |
| 8.9 | 6.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
- Inter Zaprešić have the fewest scored goals (13) in 2. HNL
- Inter Zaprešić have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in 2. HNL
- Opatija have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Opatija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Varazdin | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Orijent 1919 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | Rudes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 28 |
| 4 | Croatia Zmijavci | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Dubrava Zagreb | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Jarun | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Dugopolje | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Sesvete | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Osijek II | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Bijelo Brdo | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Cibalia | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Inter Zaprešić | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Solin | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Kustosija | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Opatija | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
