National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gorica or Hajduk Split that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gorica and Hajduk Split.
Gorica form and stats
Last season their Croatia Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. HNL numbers at home for Gorica so far this season. This match is a Croatia Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
A 1-1 draw away in the 1. HNL before that, with Osijek the opponent.
Gorica have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ŠRC Velika Gorica with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Gorica's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hajduk Split form and stats
They also participated in Croatia Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 6 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hajduk Split goalkeeper Josip Posavec is eager to challenge this, with his 271 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Varazdin in the 1. HNL.
A new game in only four days for Hajduk, the 1. HNL home match versus Sibenik. Busy days.
Hajduk Split find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Hajduk have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Gorica-Hajduk Split H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gorica six wins, Hajduk Split two wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 15 goals |   M. Caktaš 9 goals |  O. Mudrinski 7 goals |
Gorica missing players
Hajduk Split missing players
| Gorica | Hajduk Split | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 40% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Osijek | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 52 |
| 3 | Gorica | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 19 | 47 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 23 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 22 |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 20 |