📊 Form Guide

NK Osijek

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NK Osijek, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 Prva Liga victory versus Hajduk Split.

In that game, NK Osijek had 45% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. For NK Osijek, goals were scored by Anton Matković (19') and Ramón Mierez (42'). Hajduk Split got 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Aleksandar Trajkovski (28') was the scorer for Hajduk Split.

It’s been seldom in recent games that NK Osijek haven’t conceded. In fact, NK Osijek have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals during that time. While that may be of interest, it remains to be seen whether that trend might persist here in this game.

Coming into this fixture, NK Osijek are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Istra 1961

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Rijeka in Prva Liga action, Istra and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Istra 1961 had 43% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. Rijeka had 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Toni Fruk (30') and Bruno Goda (84') scored for Rijeka.

The forward players for Istra have had real problems scoring goals in their past 6 games, contributing the unsatisfactory return of only 3. In those fixtures, Verudeži have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 9.

Pre-game facts show that Istra 1961:

• haven't won against NK Osijek when they've played them away from home in the last 19 league games. What a horrible run of results.
• have not won away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 15/10/2022 tells us that NK Osijek have won 3 of these & Istra 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 10 for Bijelo-plavi and 7 being from Verudeži. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was Prva Liga match day 22 on 10/02/2024 when it ended Istra 1961 1-0 NK Osijek.

In that game, Istra 1961 had 40% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Emmanuel Ekong (43').

NK Osijek got 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Patrik Kolarić.

📰 Team News: NK Osijek

Luka Bransteter (Cruciate ligament tear), Oleksandr Drambayev (unknown injury), Marko Baresic (Broken collarbone) and Kristian Fucak (Cruciate ligament injury) are unavailable for NK Osijek manager Zoran Zekić.

ℹ️ Team News: Istra

Thanks to a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Istra boss Paolo Tramezzani has no fitness worries to speak of before this clash.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, NK Osijek have it within them to create the chances to score more than once when they meet Istra 1961, who might well find it difficult to find the back of the net.

We’re predicting a decent 2-0 victory for NK Osijek at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:01 20/04/2024