National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dugopolje or Lokomotiva Zagreb that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Dugopolje form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. HNL, Dugopolje have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi.
The Dugopolje supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cibalia in 2. HNL and win 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Orijent 1919 that finished 2-2.There will be little rest for Dugopolje after this match as they are travelling to Inter Zaprešić for a 2. HNL game in only four days.
Dugopolje have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Dugopolje are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
They also participated in Croatia Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Things could have gone better for Lokomotiva Zagreb in their 1. HNL away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lokomotiva are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Lokomotiva lost away at Sibenik (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Jon Mersinaj, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.1. Mersinaj won 8 of 14 duels.
A draw for Lokomotiva before that, at their own venue hosting Osijek (1-1).The visiting Lokomotiva have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Lokomotiva have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Dabro 5 goals | A. Ibrahim 2 goals |  M. Karabatić 1 goals |
Dugopolje missing players
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Dugopolje | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rudes | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Jarun | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Orijent 1919 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Bijelo Brdo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Dubrava Zagreb | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Solin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Osijek II | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Dugopolje | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Opatija | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Sesvete | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Dinamo Zagreb II | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Varazdin | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Cibalia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 14 | Croatia Zmijavci | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Kustosija | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Inter Zaprešić | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rijeka | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Osijek | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Gorica | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 10 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 9 | Slaven Koprivnica | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 5 |