NK Osijek vs Šibenik Live Stream, Predictions

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NK Osijek

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NK Osijek will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-2 Prva Liga losing effort in their last game against Hajduk Split.

In that game, NK Osijek had 64% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Hajduk Split got 11 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Marko Livaja (28') and Dario Melnjak (35') scored for Hajduk Split.

It has been all too rare in recent games that NK Osijek have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that NK Osijek have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 6 goals in the process. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Pre-game facts show that NK Osijek:

• have not been beaten in the league by Šibenik in their last 12 matches. A long run without a loss.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Šibenik

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Šibenik go into this match after a 2-1 Prva Liga win with the eclipse of Dinamo Zagreb in their most recent outing.

In that game, Šibenik managed 29% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. For Šibenik, the scorers were Mislav Matić (40') and Ivan Dolček (42'). Dinamo Zagreb had 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Stefan Ristovski (64') scored for Dinamo Zagreb.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Šibenik has been evident in recent matches. Looking at their last six meetings reveals that it has happened 5 times. In those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 7 while Šibenik have scored 6.

Coming into this meeting, Šibenik have not emerged victorious against NK Osijek when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of past results between these clubs stretching back to 16/07/2021 reveals that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Šibenik. They’ve not managed to register any victories whatsoever whereas NK Osijek have been the better of the two, getting wins in 83% of those ties.

A combined total of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 14 for Bijelo-plavi and 2 being from Šibenik. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league contest between these sides was Prva Liga match day 17 on 13/11/2022 which ended up with the score at Šibenik 0-2 NK Osijek.

On that day, Šibenik had 41% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

On the other side, NK Osijek had 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Dion Drena Beljo (36', 38') scored.

The referee was Goran Pečarić.

📋 Team News: NK Osijek

The NK Osijek manager Borimir Perković will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all before this match thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Šibenik

Due to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, the Šibenik boss Damir Canadi doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Šibenik are likely to get a goal against this NK Osijek lineup, however it possibly won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 win for NK Osijek at the end of this one. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

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

Andre Moura, 02:22 14/03/2023