VELIKA GORICA. Gorica finds the way to recover against Lokomotiva Zagreb with a goal on the A. Ibrahim 34′ and a goal on the J. Pivaric 60′.

The match was played at the ŠRC Velika Gorica stadium in Velika Gorica on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Dario Bel who had the assistance of Dino Knez and Ivan Janić. The 4th official was Domagoj Kurtović. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 4 degrees Celsius or 39.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gorica was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Lokomotiva Zagreb that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lokomotiva Zagreb was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Lokomotiva Zagreb to win the match​.

Gorica shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Gorica received 2 yellow cards (V. Stojanovski and A. Jovicic). On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb received 2 yellow cards (L. Kacavenda and B. Cipetic).

Standings

After this encounter, Gorica will have 22 points like Lokomotiva Zagreb to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb will have 22 points like Gorica to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Gorica will play away with Hrvatski Dragovoljac on the 27th of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Lokomotiva Zagreb will play away agasint Osijek on the 26th of November with a 16-15 head to head statistic in favor of Osijek (11 draws).

Gorica – Formation

Gorica adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Krunoslav Rendulić decided to play with the following team: Dominik Kotarski (7.3), Musa Muhammed (6.4), Matthew Steenvoorden (6.6), Aleksandar Jovičić (6.4), Cheick Keita (7.2), Hrvoje Babec, Jurica Pršir (7.7), Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali (6.4), Younes Delfi (6.2), Anthony Kalik (7.4), Toni Fruk (7.8) and Vlatko Stojanovski (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Ivan Banić, Albi Doka (6.4), Saša Marjanović, Niko Janković (6.6), Kristijan Lovrić (6.7), Josip Mitrović (6.4), Fran Brodić (6.4) and Matija Dvorneković.

Gorica could not rely on the presence of A. Doka (injured).

Substitutions

Gorica made 5 changes: Y. Delfi for K. Lovric (46′), S. Ngouali for N. Jankovic (64′), V. Stojanovski for F. Brodic (64′), T. Fruk for J. Mitrovic (77′) and C. Keita for A. Doka (86′).

Best player: Toni Fruk​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gorica was Toni Fruk.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 11 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

Lokomotiva Zagreb – Formation

Also Lokomotiva Zagreb adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Silvijo Čabraja played with: Ivan Nevistić (6.6), Branimir Cipetić (6.7), Justin De Haas (6.5), Nikola Soldo (6.6), Ivan Milićević (7.4), Enis Çokaj (6.8), Mateo Marić (7.0), Ibrahim Aliyu (7.2), Lukas Kačavenda (6.8), Josip Pivarić (7.4), Marko Dabro (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Krševan Santini, Jon Mersinaj, Mario Musa, Marko Đira, Silvio Goričan, Arber Hoxha (7.0), Sandro Kulenović (7.1), Luka Stojković and Marko Vranjković (6.5).

Lokomotiva Zagreb could not rely on the presence of M. Vranjkovic (injured).

Substitutions

Lokomotiva Zagreb made 5 changes: M. Dabro for S. Kulenovic (46′), B. Cipetic for M. Vranjkovic (63′), J. Pivaric for A. Hoxha (64′), A. Ibrahim for S. Gorican (87′) and I. Milicevic for M. Musa (90′).

Best player: Ivan Milićević​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lokomotiva Zagreb was Ivan Milićević.

His rating is (7.4) with 40 passes (60% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Gorica – Lokomotiva Zagreb – 2-2
• Rijeka – Hajduk Split – 2-3