NK Osijek vs Rijeka Live Stream, Predictions

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NK Osijek

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Stjepan Tomas's NK Osijek have celebrated scoring 9 times in their preceding 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures stands at 7.

Their past results show that NK Osijek:

• have not lost a league tie with Rijeka in their last 3 matches.
• haven't won against Rijeka in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Rijeka

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The stats tell the story, and Rijeka have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in all. Defensively, Rijeka have seen their frailties exposed.

Going into this one, Rijeka are winless against NK Osijek when they have played them away from home in the previous 8 league games. Not an away record to be proud of.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 08/12/2021 tells us that NK Osijek have won 2 of them and Rijeka 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Bijelo-plavi and 5 netted by Riječki bijeli. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The previous league contest between these sides was Prva Liga match day 27 on 02/04/2023 when it ended Rijeka 1-1 NK Osijek.

On that occasion, Rijeka managed 47% possession and 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Matija Frigan (31').

NK Osijek had 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Mihael Žaper (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Duje Strukan.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Rijeka have it within them to put one past this NK Osijek side, but it is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.

We think that it’s going to be a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for NK Osijek when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.

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

Andre Moura, 23:58 22/05/2023