OSIJEK. Osijek and Slaven Koprivnica didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Osijek was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadion Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek on Saturday and it started at 5:10 pm local time. The referee was Goran Pečarić with the collaboration of Anto Marić and Dejan Vuković. The 4th official was Ante Čuljak. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.2 degrees Celsius or 34.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Osijek was in firm control of the ball 56% while Slaven Koprivnica was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Osijek was putting more pressure with 97 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Osijek to win the match​.

Osijek shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Slaven Koprivnica shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Osijek received 1 yellow card (Vedran Jugovic). Regarding the opposition, Slaven Koprivnica received 4 yellow cards (Mario Marina, Vinko Soldo, Antonio Bosec and Mateo Kocijan).

Standings

After playing this match, Osijek will have 35 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Slaven Koprivnica will have 29 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Osijek will play away against Gorica on the 8th of April with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Osijek (6 draws).

Slaven Koprivnica will play away agasint Gorica on the 13th of May with a 7-7 head to head record.

Osijek – Formation

Osijek started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ivica Kulešević decided to play with the following team: Marko Malenica (6.9), Šime Gržan (6.6), Mihael Žaper (6.7), Adrian Leon Barišić (7.5), Mario Jurčevič (7.0), Darko Nejašmić (6.8), Vedran Jugović (6.6), Mijo Caktaš (7.4), Josip Špoljarić (6.8), Kristijan Lovrić (7.1) and Ramón Miérez (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Barešić, Nikola Janjić, Mile Škorić (6.6), Yevgen Cheberko, Diego Barri, Ivan Fiolić, Ognjen Bakić, Filip Živković and Nail Omerović.

Osijek could not rely on the presence of Mile Skoric (injured).

Substitutions

Osijek made only 1 change substituting Kristijan Lovric for Mile Škorić (71′)​.

Best player: Adrian Leon Barišić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Osijek was Adrian Leon Barišić.

His rating is (7.5) with 47 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Slaven Koprivnica – Formation

Slaven Koprivnica started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Zoran Zekić played with: Ivan Čović (6.5), Novak Tepšić (6.8), Mateo Kocijan (6.8), Vinko Soldo (7.3), Robert Mudražija (7.2), Nikola Jambor (7.3), Mario Marina (6.7), Talys (7.1), Ante Crnac (6.7), Arber Hoxha (5.8) and Arb Manaj (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Antun Marković, Mihael Letica, Marko Martinaga, Filip Hlevnjak, Giannis Christopoulos, Antonio Bosec (6.6), Marco Boras, Jakov Bašić, Marko Žuljević, Josip Mihalić, Antonio Perošević (6.3) and Mihael Letica.

Slaven Koprivnica could not rely on the presence of G. Christopoulos (injured).

Substitutions

Slaven Koprivnica made 5 changes: Mario Marina for Antonio Bosec (77′), Ante Crnac for Antonio Perošević (78′), Arbër Hoxha for Marko Žuljević (90′), Talys for Giannis Christopoulos (90′) and Nikola Jambor for Jakov Bašić (90′).

Best player: Nikola Jambor​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Slaven Koprivnica was Nikola Jambor.

His rating is (7.3) with 38 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.​

• Osijek – Slaven Koprivnica – 0-0
• Varaždin – Hajduk Split – 1-4