Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Osijek & Hajduk Split face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Croatia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Osijek and Hajduk Split.
Osijek form and stats
Last season their Croatia Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the 1. HNL for Osijek at their home stadium (Stadion Gradski vrt) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 387 minutes without scoring a league goal. Spoljaric was the last player to find the net.
The Osijek crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Varazdin here at Stadion Gradski vrt. Midfielder Barri was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Barri hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).
Heartbreak before that as Osijek lost 0-1 at Istra 1961's place.Osijek are traveling soon after this match as the 1. HNL match at Dinamo Zagreb awaits in four days.
Osijek has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Osijek have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hajduk Split form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Hajduk Split, as they won the Croatia Cup.5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Hajduk Split playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season.
There might be some fixture complaints from Hajduk as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-4 against Dinamo Zagreb. Hajduk Split lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Defender Vušković was the best team player with a rating of 7.1. Vušković hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.
Before that, Hajduk Split secured a home win against Gorica with the score 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb in just four days.
Hajduk find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Hajduk Split have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Osijek, four draws and two wins for Hajduk Split. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Livaja 15 goals |   M. Caktaš 7 goals |  R. Mierez 4 goals |
Osijek missing players
Hajduk Split missing players
| Osijek | Hajduk Split | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 39 | 55 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 44 |
| 3 | Osijek | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 32 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Rijeka | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Gorica | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -20 | 12 |
