OSIJEK. Varaždin prevails over Osijek 1-0 after D. Drozdek scored just 1 goal (28′). Osijek was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Stadion Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Fran Jović who was helped by Hrvoje Radic and Luka Pušić. The 4th official was Toni Dadić. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.9 degrees Celsius or 33.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Osijek was in firm control of the ball 64% while Varaždin was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Osijek had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Varaždin was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Osijek shot 11 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Varaždin shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Osijek received 2 yellow cards (Rene Poms and Marin Leovac). On the other side, Varaždin received 1 yellow card (Itsuki Urata).

Standings

After playing this match, Osijek will stay with 35 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Varaždin will have 30 points to remain in the 6th 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).

Varaždin will play away agasint Gorica on the 27th of May with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Gorica (4 draws).

Osijek – Formation

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

The manager Ivica Kulešević decided to play with the following team: Marko Malenica (6.1), Šime Gržan (6.6), Yevgen Cheberko (7.4), Adrian Leon Barišić (7.1), Marin Leovac (6.6), Darko Nejašmić (7.2), Diego Barri (7.5), Vedran Jugović (6.9), Kristijan Lovrić (6.1), Josip Špoljarić (6.1) and Mihret Topčagić (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Barešić, Mario Jurčevič (6.8), Nikola Janjić (6.6), Domagoj Bukvić, Dominik Babić, Ognjen Bakić, Antonijo Ivandić, Filip Živković (6.6) and Nail Omerović (6.4).

Osijek could not rely on the presence of Mario Jurcevic (injured).

Substitutions

Osijek made 2 changes: Sime Grzan for Mario Jurčevič (60′) and Diego Barri for Nikola Janjić (81′).

Best player: Diego Barri​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Osijek was Diego Barri.

His rating is (7.5) with 50 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Varaždin – Formation

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

Nikola Šafarić played with: Oliver Zelenika (7.1), Jozo Stanić (7.3), Lamine Ba (7.3), Luka Jelenić (7.3), Itsuki Urata (6.9), David Puclin (7.4), Marin Pilj (6.1), Domagoj Drožđek (6.9), Tonio Teklić (6.7), Michele Šego (7.6) and Fran Brodić (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Josip Silić, Jorgo Pëllumbi (7.0), Matija Kolarić, Marko Stolnik, Igor Postonjski (6.8), Leon Belcar, Rafael Pereira, Andris Herrera (6.6), Lovro Banovec, Dimitar Mitrovski, Leonard Vuk and Niko Domjanić.

Substitutions

Varaždin made 5 changes: Domagoj Drozdek for Andris Herrera (69′), Marin Pilj for Igor Postonjski (70′), Itsuki Urata for Jorgo Pellumbi (74′), Fran Brodic for Lovre Banovec (88′) and T. Teklić for Kolarić (88′).

Best player: Michele Šego​

The most impressive player for Varaždin was Michele Šego even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 18 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Osijek – Varaždin – 0-1
• Dinamo Zagreb – Hajduk Split – 4-0