NK Osijek vs Istra Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

NK Osijek

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NK Osijek are hoping to win again after their last result, a 1-2 Prva Liga success versus Hajduk Split.

In that game, NK Osijek had 45% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. For NK Osijek, the goalscorers were Anton Matković (19') and Ramón Mierez (42'). Hajduk Split had 15 attempts on 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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Since being beaten in their last game against Rijeka in Prva Liga competition, Istra will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Istra 1961 had 43% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Rijeka got 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

An examination of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 15/10/2022 tells us that NK Osijek have won 3 of them & Istra 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 10 of them from Bijelo-plavi and 7 being from Verudeži. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league game between these clubs was Prva Liga match day 22 on 10/02/2024 when it ended Istra 1961 1-0 NK Osijek.

In that match, Istra 1961 managed 40% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Emmanuel Ekong (43').

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

The referee was Patrik Kolarić.

🗞️ Team News: NK Osijek

Oleksandr Drambayev (unknown injury), Marko Baresic (Broken collarbone), Kristian Fucak (Cruciate ligament injury) and Luka Bransteter (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for NK Osijek gaffer Zoran Zekić.

ℹ️ Team News: Istra

Due to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Istra boss Paolo Tramezzani has no fitness worries at all before this match.

💭 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 over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 11:01 18/04/2024