2. HNL news and preview: Vukovar moderate expected to outplay Kustošija

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Competition: Croatia 2. HNL
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion u Borovom Naselju (3550 seats)

Vukovar are positioned 4th, while Kustošija are hanging back 7 points behind in the table. Can they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Vukovar have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in 2. HNL
  • Kustošija have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face game!

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Vukovar form and stats

4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. HNL numbers at home for Vukovar so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Vukovar.

Vukovar enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Croatia Zmijavci's place. The match ended 2-1. At last, a league win after three fixtures without one.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Dugopolje.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Vukovar matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

Vukovar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion u Borovom Naselju with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Vukovar have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kustošija form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kustošija so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away matches in a row for Kustošija, whose coach Mandić could celebrate last time after the Medulin Cup win against Prva Iskra.

The game before that was the Medulin Cup-duel against Sloboda Tuzla, a home loss (0-3). As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Kustošija playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kustošija as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Kustošija struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged match featuring both these squads is the Kustošija - Vukovar 0-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

VukovarJ. Barišić
J. Barišić
5 goals
VukovarV. Pelko
V. Pelko
5 goals
VukovarZ. Mustedanagić
Z. Mustedanagić
4 goals

Vukovar missing players

Kustošija missing players

Vukovar Kustošija
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 5
9 3 1 Drew D 2 3 5
2 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
24 12 5 Scored S 3 7 22
14 4 0 Conceded C 4 12 26
82% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
59% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 71%
35% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 47%
29% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 35%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 24%
53% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 53%
35% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
29% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 35%
 
4.1 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 3.5
5.7 6 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 9.3 6.8 5.9
2.1 2.3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.1 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 5.2 7.8
4.1 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3.7
35% 31% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 35%
 
9.9 9.9 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 7.6 9.4
3.1 2.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.7
Key stats in 2. HNL this season:
  • Kustošija have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Kustošija have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Kustošija have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kustošija haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Vukovar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Vukovar have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in 2. 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 Rudeš 17 11 3 3 29 11 8 6 2 0 17 5 9 5 1 3 12 6 18 36
2 Solin 17 8 4 5 25 20 8 6 1 1 14 5 9 2 3 4 11 15 5 28
3 Cibalia 17 7 7 3 18 16 9 5 4 0 11 6 8 2 3 3 7 10 2 28
4 Vukovar 17 6 9 2 24 14 8 4 3 1 12 4 9 2 6 1 12 10 10 27
5 Dugopolje 17 6 7 4 17 14 9 4 4 1 8 6 8 2 3 3 9 8 3 25
6 Orijent 1919 17 5 7 5 22 28 8 4 3 1 14 10 9 1 4 4 8 18 -6 22
7 Dubrava Zagreb 17 5 5 7 21 17 8 4 1 3 12 6 9 1 4 4 9 11 4 20
8 Kustošija 17 5 5 7 22 26 9 4 2 3 15 14 8 1 3 4 7 12 -4 20
9 Jarun 17 6 2 9 25 32 8 5 1 2 18 14 9 1 1 7 7 18 -7 20
10 Bijelo Brdo 17 4 6 7 19 21 9 3 4 2 11 7 8 1 2 5 8 14 -2 18
11 Croatia Zmijavci 17 5 3 9 18 29 9 3 2 4 11 13 8 2 1 5 7 16 -11 18
12 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 17 2 6 9 15 27 9 1 5 3 9 13 8 1 1 6 6 14 -12 12