📏 Form Guide

Istra 1961

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Istra head into this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Prva Liga stalemate vs Gorica.

In that game, Istra 1961 managed 64% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Gorica had 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

In their last 6 games, Paolo Tramezzani's Istra 1961 have found the net a total of 6 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.

Looking at their past form shows that Istra 1961:

• are winless against Lokomotiva Zagreb in their previous 9 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Lokomotiva Zagreb

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Lokomotiva Zagreb will go into the game following on from a 1-2 Prva Liga win with the defeat of Hajduk Split in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Lokomotiva Zagreb had 43% possession and 18 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Lokomotiva Zagreb was Robert Mudražija (26', 60'). For their opponents, Hajduk Split had 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Marko Livaja (96') was the scorer for Hajduk Split.

The stats tell the story, and Lokomotiva Zagreb have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in total. Defensively, Lokomotiva Zagreb seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Lokomotiva Zagreb:

• have not lost to Istra 1961 in away games against them for the last 4 league games. A very good record, indeed.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over past results between these clubs going back to 12/11/2022 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Istra. They’ve not been able to register any wins at all whereas Lokomotiva Zagreb have simply been better than them, beating them in 67% of those games played.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 2 from Verudeži and 13 for Lokosi. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Prva Liga match day 19 on 16/12/2023 when it ended Lokomotiva Zagreb 3-0 Istra 1961.

That time, Lokomotiva Zagreb had 41% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. The goals were scored by Silvio Goričan (43'), Fran Žilinski (61') and Robert Mudražija (92').

For their opponents, Istra 1961 got 21 shots at goal with 8 on target.

The referee was Duje Strukan.

📰 Team News: Istra

The Istra manager Paolo Tramezzani has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash thanks to a fully healthy group to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Lokomotiva Zagreb

Owing to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Lokomotiva Zagreb manager Silvijo Čabraja has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this match.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Istra 1961 will do well to be putting a goal past this Lokomotiva Zagreb outfit who we think might score one, at least.

Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 win for Lokomotiva Zagreb at the end of the match.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

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

Andre Moura, 14:07 29/03/2024