ZAGREB. Lokomotiva Zagreb conquers Slaven Koprivnica 1-0 after V. Soldo scored an own goal 47min. Lokomotiva Zagreb was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Igralište NC Zagrebello (Zagreb) stadium in Zagreb on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ivan Bebek with the support of Hrvoje Radic and Željko Bučar. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lokomotiva Zagreb had a superior ball possession 61% while Slaven Koprivnica was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lokomotiva Zagreb was more pushing with 88 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lokomotiva Zagreb won the match​.

Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 16 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Slaven Koprivnica shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Lokomotiva Zagreb received 1 yellow card (Ivan Milicevic). On the other side, Slaven Koprivnica received 2 yellow cards (Antonio Bosec and Tomislav Bozic).

Standings

After playing this match, Lokomotiva Zagreb will have 31 points like Istra 1961 and Rijeka to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, Slaven Koprivnica will stay with 33 points like Varaždin to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Gorica on the 6th of May with a 7-7 head to head.

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

Lokomotiva Zagreb – Formation

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

The manager Silvijo Čabraja decided to play with the following team: Nikola Čavlina (6.8), Branimir Cipetić (7.1), Jon Mersinaj (7.1), Branimir Kalaica (7.2), Ivan Milićević (6.9), Mateo Marić (7.4), Vladan Bubanja (7.7), Ibrahim Aliyu (6.3), Luka Stojković (7.4), Silvio Goričan (6.5) and Lukas Kačavenda (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Zvonimir Šubarić, Hajdin Salihu, Fabijan Krivak, Marko Vranjković, Marin Šotiček, Art Smakaj, Justin De Haas, Marko Hanuljak, Jakov Anton Vasilj, Sandro Kulenović (6.7) and Indrit Tuci.

Substitutions

Lokomotiva Zagreb made 3 changes: Lukas Kacavenda for Sandro Kulenović (66′), Luka Stojkovic for Jakov-Anton Vasilj (79′) and S. Goričan for Marko Vranjković (90′).

Best player: Vladan Bubanja​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lokomotiva Zagreb was Vladan Bubanja even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 56 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Slaven Koprivnica – Formation

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

Zoran Zekić played with: Ivan Čović (6.8), Antonio Bosec (6.5), Tomislav Božić (6.3), Vinko Soldo (6.6), Talys (7.0), Mateo Kocijan (6.2), Nikola Jambor (6.4), Mario Marina (6.8), Robert Mudražija (6.2), Benedik Mioč (7.0) and Ante Crnac (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Antun Marković, Ivan Sušak, Marko Martinaga, Filip Hlevnjak (6.7), Novak Tepšić, Giannis Christopoulos, Marco Boras, Nikola Turanjanin, Jakov Bašić, Antonio Perošević, Frano Vlasic and Ivan Krstanović (6.4).

Substitutions

Slaven Koprivnica made 4 changes: Nikola Jambor for Filip Hlevnjak (64′), Benedik Mioc for Ivan Krstanovic (65′), Mario Marina for Jakov Bašić (86′) and Talys for Marko Martinaga (86′).

Best player: Talys​

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

His rating is (7.0) with 21 passes (38% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lokomotiva Zagreb – Slaven Koprivnica – 1-0
• Šibenik – Dinamo Zagreb – 2-1