Gorica vs NK Osijek Live Stream, Predictions (Aug 01)

📏 Form Guide

Gorica

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Gorica will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-0 Prva Liga loss in their previous game against Rijeka.

In that match, Gorica managed 41% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. For their opponents, Rijeka had 21 shots on goal with 7 on target. Amer Gojak (65', 84') was the scorer for Rijeka.

In their last six games, Mario Carević's Gorica have hit the target a combined total of 6 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.

NK Osijek

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NK Osijek will go into this game following a 2-0 Prva Liga win to defeat Slaven Belupo in their previous match.

In that game, NK Osijek managed 53% possession and 24 shots at goal with 9 on target. For NK Osijek, the scorers were Nail Omerović (55') and Milos Jovičić (62'). Slaven Belupo had 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.

A succession of reliable displays from the NK Osijek defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their past 6 outings combined. During the same period, their own forwards have managed to score 3. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, of course.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 08/02/2025 tells us that Gorica have won 3 of them & NK Osijek 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

7 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 5 for Gorica and 2 for Bijelo-plavi. The average goals per game has been 1.17.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Prva Liga match day 35 on 16/05/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Gorica 2-0 NK Osijek.

That day, Gorica had 40% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Bruno Bogojević (5') and Ante Erceg (12').

NK Osijek got 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Patrik Pavlešić.

📰 Team News: NK Osijek

NK Osijek manager Federico Bessone has a number of players out of action. David Mejía (Cruciate ligament tear) and Anton Matkovic (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that NK Osijek have the firepower to breach the defence of this Gorica lineup, although it probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Gorica by the conclusion of the game. Should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 05:01 28/07/2026