Gorica vs NK Osijek Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Gorica

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Gorica won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-1 Prva Liga losing effort in their last game against NK Osijek.

In that match, Gorica managed 48% possession and 2 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Osijek had 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Šime Gržan (19') was the scorer for NK Osijek.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Gorica have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Gorica have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals in the process.

Leading up to this clash, Gorica:

• haven't won against NK Osijek in home games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• remain unbeaten by NK Osijek in home games against them for the last 7 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

NK Osijek

LDLWDW ⚖

The stats don’t lie, and NK Osijek have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. In defence, NK Osijek certainly have room for improvement. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, of course.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 07/05/2021 tells us that Gorica have won 1 of them and NK Osijek 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them from Gorica and 7 for Bijelo-plavi. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The last league contest between these clubs was Prva Liga match day 1 on 16/07/2022 when the final score was NK Osijek 2-1 Gorica.

On that occasion, NK Osijek had 55% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Dion Drena Beljo (62', 74') and Danijel Lončar (66' Own goal).

At the other end, Gorica got 8 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ante Čuljak.

ℹ️ Team News: Gorica

The Gorica manager Igor Angelovski will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all before this clash with a completely healthy group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: NK Osijek

With a fully healthy squad available to choose from, the NK Osijek boss Rene Poms has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Gorica will have a tough ask to see themselves scoring against this NK Osijek side who we think will likely emerge victorious.

Therefore, we predict a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for NK Osijek when the full-time whistle blows.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

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

Renata Leite, 01:35 13/09/2022