Bjelovar vs Osijek II preview: Away team will have a grim job at Gradski Stadion

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Competition: Croatia Second NL
Competition: Fri 16.September
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gradski Stadion (4000 seats)

It's clean hands in Second NL - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Bjelovar and Osijek II did in their pre-season training matches!

Bjelovar and Osijek II should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bjelovar form and stats

The season before, Bjelovar's league stats were 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss, ending with 3rd position in the Second NL. Over these five matches they scored 15 goals and let in 7. Performing as the home side in the former season Bjelovar generated 3-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 5 conceded.

The first defeat after going undefeated through three league rounds.

Bjelovar have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Bjelovar have scored 0 goals and conceded 2 times.

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Osijek II form and stats

Let's have a look at how Osijek II performed last season in the Second NL: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 11/19 goals scored/conceded.

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 Osijek II playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

Just as the home team, Osijek II have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Osijek II wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the last four meetings): Bjelovar won one game, one match ended with a tie and Osijek II have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / one.

Bjelovar missing players

Osijek II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bjelovar Osijek II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 4
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
9 7 3 Scored S 0 1 4
6 2 1 Conceded C 0 3 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 13.7
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 8%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 10.3
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 3.3
Bjelovar Last season Osijek II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   15 30
18 12   Won W   4 9
3 0   Drew D   3 7
6 2   Lost L   8 14
68 47   Scored S   11 25
33 17   Conceded C   19 36
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 83%
89% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 60%
74% 93%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 40%
59% 79%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 10%
26% 43%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 10%
59% 71%   BTTS BTTS   27% 37%
26% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 30%
19% 7%   Failed to Score F T   60% 50%
 
6 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.4
3 0   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.2
3 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.7
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7 0   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 8.4
2 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.4
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 24%
 
12 0   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 9.8
5 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Belisce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bjelovar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dugo Selo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Grobničan Čavle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hrvace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jadran LP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jadran Porec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Marsonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Medimurje Cakovec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mladost Ždralovi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Opatija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Osijek II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sesvete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Trnje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zagorec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zrinski Jurjevac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Polet 5 4 0 1 14 5 3 3 0 0 10 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 9 63
2 Mladost Ždralovi 5 4 0 1 9 3 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 6 62
3 Bjelovar 5 4 0 1 15 7 3 3 0 0 12 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 8 57
4 Krizevci 5 2 0 3 12 10 2 2 0 0 8 1 3 0 0 3 4 9 2 50
5 Medimurje Cakovec 5 1 0 4 5 14 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 0 2 4 7 -9 42
6 Podravina Ludbreg 5 0 0 5 4 20 2 0 0 2 0 7 3 0 0 3 4 13 -16 31
Last season 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 30 19 6 5 56 29 15 12 2 1 36 12 15 7 4 4 20 17 27 63
2 Rudes 30 17 5 8 56 27 15 14 1 0 41 6 15 3 4 8 15 21 29 56
3 Inter Zapresic 30 13 9 8 34 29 15 8 3 4 18 12 15 5 6 4 16 17 5 48
4 Jarun 30 11 11 8 46 38 15 7 6 2 30 18 15 4 5 6 16 20 8 44
5 Kustosija 30 11 9 10 39 35 15 6 6 3 19 15 15 5 3 7 20 20 4 42
6 Cibalia 30 11 8 11 44 42 15 10 4 1 30 14 15 1 4 10 14 28 2 41
7 Dinamo Zagreb II 30 11 8 11 37 44 15 11 3 1 22 9 15 0 5 10 15 35 -7 41
8 Solin 30 11 7 12 41 41 15 8 3 4 25 15 15 3 4 8 16 26 0 40
9 Orijent 1919 30 12 4 14 44 49 15 7 2 6 24 24 15 5 2 8 20 25 -5 40
10 Dugopolje 30 11 7 12 40 46 15 9 4 2 24 16 15 2 3 10 16 30 -6 40
11 Dubrava Zagreb 30 11 6 13 39 39 15 8 3 4 26 15 15 3 3 9 13 24 0 39
12 Bijelo Brdo 30 11 6 13 30 41 15 8 3 4 21 18 15 3 3 9 9 23 -11 39
13 Croatia Zmijavci 30 11 5 14 32 43 15 7 3 5 17 16 15 4 2 9 15 27 -11 38
14 Sesvete 30 9 7 14 37 41 15 5 4 6 21 19 15 4 3 8 16 22 -4 34
15 Osijek II 30 9 7 14 25 36 15 5 4 6 14 17 15 4 3 8 11 19 -11 34
16 Opatija 30 6 7 17 27 47 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 1 2 12 10 31 -20 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Belisce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bjelovar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dugo Selo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Grobničan Čavle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hrvace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jadran LP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Jadran Porec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Marsonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Medimurje Cakovec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mladost Ždralovi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Opatija 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Osijek II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sesvete 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Trnje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zagorec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zrinski Jurjevac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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