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NK Osijek vs Šibenik Live Stream, Predictions
NK Osijek take on the visiting Šibenik at Stadion Gradski vrt in the Prva Liga match on Saturday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for NK Osijek v Šibenik, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
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

🏟️ Team Focus:
NK Osijek
Formed: 1947
Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt (22,050)
Captain: Mile Škorić
Chairman: Ferenc Sakalj
Manager: Borimir Perković
Competitions: Prva Liga position 3
🔑 Key Man: Mijo Caktaš

Customarily played in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Mijo Caktaš was born in Split, Croatia. After having played his first senior match for Hajduk Split in the 2011 - 2012 season, the gifted Midfielder has accumulated 7 league goals in the HNL 2022 - 2023 campaign to date coming from a total of 19 appearances.
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25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 56 | WWDLL |
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25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 47 | WWLLW |
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25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 36 | DLLDL |
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26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 36 | LWWLW |
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25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 34 | WDLLW |
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25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 34 | WWLWW |
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25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | -12 | 33 | DLWDL |
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25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 31 | WLLWW |
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25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -12 | 23 | LWDLW |
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26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -20 | 16 | LWDWL |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 58 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 0.9 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 39 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Dion Drena Beljo | 8 |
Mijo Caktaš | 7 |
László Kleinheisler | 6 |
Ramón Mierez | 5 |
Marin Leovac | 2 |
Duje Čop | 4 |
Ivan Dolček | 4 |
Ivan Delić | 3 |
Haruki Arai | 1 |
Burgui | 1 |
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