Istra vs NK Osijek Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Istra 1961

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Istra will be wanting a better result here after a 5-0 Prva Liga defeat last time out to Dinamo Zagreb.

Mario Gavranović (6', 75'), Kristijan Jakić (45'), Mislav Oršić (77') and Marko Tolić (87') scored for Dinamo Zagreb.

Fausto Budicin's Istra 1961 have celebrated scoring a sum total of 5 times over their prior 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures is 12.

NK Osijek

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NK Osijek go into this encounter following a 2-0 Prva Liga win over Dinamo Zagreb in their most recent game.

For NK Osijek, the goals were scored by Marin Pilj (55') and Mario Jurčević (90').

A run of hard-working displays from the NK Osijek defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their past 6 fixtures overall. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 10.

Their past results show that NK Osijek:

• have not beaten Istra 1961 when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. Not good at all.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 17/02/2019 shows that Istra have won 2 of these games & NK Osijek 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined total of 6 goals were scored between them in this period, with 2 of them from Verudeži and 4 created by Bijelo-plavi. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.

The last league match between these sides was Prva Liga match day 34 on 11/07/2020 which finished with the scoreline of NK Osijek 2-0 Istra 1961.

The match was refereed by Marko Matoc.

📋 Team News: Istra

There’s just one fitness concern for the Istra gaffer Fausto Budicin to contend with due to a largely intact squad. Toni Buric (Heart Condition) won’t play.

📰 Team News: NK Osijek

Thanks to a fully healthy group available for selection, NK Osijek manager Nenad Bjelica doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this match.

💡 Prediction

In this match, NK Osijek will, in all probability, convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, Istra will not find it easy to break down their defence although we reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage.

Our selection here is for a 1-3 winning margin for NK Osijek at the end of the match.

Lucas Pereira, 00:05 23/11/2020