NK Osijek vs Lokomotiva Zagreb Live Stream, Predictions

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NK Osijek

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NK Osijek will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-0 Prva Liga success against Lokomotiva Zagreb.

In that game, NK Osijek had 46% possession and 18 shots at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for NK Osijek was Mihael Žaper (26'). Lokomotiva Zagreb got 15 shots on goal with 1 on target.

In their past six fixtures, Nenad Bjelica's NK Osijek have celebrated scoring 6 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.

Their prior results show that NK Osijek:

• are unbeaten in the league by Lokomotiva Zagreb in their previous 7 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Lokomotiva Zagreb

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Illustrating their involvement in action-packed matches, goals have been seen as many as 21 times in the last 6 matches in which Lokomotiva Zagreb have taken to the field, yielding an average of 3.5 goals each meeting. Their opponents have got 9 from this total. That pattern might not be carried forward into this game, of course.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Lokomotiva Zagreb:

• haven't won against NK Osijek when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 22/01/2021 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Lokomotiva Zagreb. They’ve not managed to get any victories whatsoever while NK Osijek have managed to find a way, getting wins in 67 per cent of those games played.

In all, 13 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them for Bijelo-plavi and 2 being from Lokosi. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Prva Liga match day 26 on 04/03/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Lokomotiva Zagreb 0-0 NK Osijek.

That day, Lokomotiva Zagreb had 47% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

At the other end, NK Osijek got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Mario Zebec.

📰 Team News: NK Osijek

The NK Osijek manager Nenad Bjelica will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash with a fully healthy squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Lokomotiva Zagreb

Lokomotiva Zagreb manager Silvijo Čabraja has a number of players out of action. Justin de Haas (Ankle Surgery) and Oliver Petrak (Torn Ligament) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that NK Osijek should fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding against Lokomotiva Zagreb, who could well find it tough to score themselves.

We can therefore see a controlled 2-0 win for NK Osijek at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:32 11/05/2022