There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Osijek and Kyzyl-Zhar. Game on!
This football pitch has grass, which is not Kyzyl-Zhar's normal surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Kyzyl-Zhar have performed like this: Played 20 matches with the outcome 5 wins, 8 draws and 7 defeats with the goal difference 20-22 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Kyzyl-Zhar when visiting Osijek as the cities are 4400 kilometers apart.
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 Kyzyl-Zhar.
Osijek form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against CSKA Sofia.Osijek have collected 3 points from their 1. HNL home games so far after 1-0-0.
Osijek faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lokomotiva Zagreb (1-2). Osijek's goalkeeper Ivušić was extremely busy against Lokomotiva Zagreb, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfielder Kleinheisler was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Kleinheisler scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Osijek home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Osijek, as the 1. HNL home game vs Slaven Koprivnica is only three days away.
At Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Kyzyl-Zhar form and stats
There's been little loot from Kyzyl-Zhar's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Kyzyl-Zhar only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Kyzyl-Zhar, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Akzhayik in the Kazakhstan Cup.
aweayteam Hara magic won.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kyzyl-Zhar are hosting Akzhayik in the Kazakhstan Cup only three days away.
The attacking power of Kyzyl-Zhar when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kyzyl-Zhar have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the contenders met earlier this campaign; Kyzyl-Zhar - Osijek 1-2.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Bushman 5 goals | D. Zorić 4 goals |  D. Dijon 2 goals |
Osijek missing players
Kyzyl-Zhar missing players
| Osijek | Kyzyl-Zhar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 40% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 32% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Osijek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Gorica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aktobe | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Taraz | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Kairat | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Aksu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Akzhayik | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Maqtaaral | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
