OSIJEK. Osijek overcomes Rudeš with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Lovrić (14′) and an own goal from M. Pavlović (26′). Osijek was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek on Saturday and it started at 2:50 pm local time. The referee was Menelaos Antoniou assisted by Pavlos Georghiou and Petros Petrou. The 4th official was Igor Pajač. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 8.26 degrees Celsius or 46.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Osijek had a superior ball possession 61% while Rudeš was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Osijek was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Osijek won the match​.

Osijek shot 13 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Rudeš shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Osijek received 3 yellow cards (Vedran Jugović, Ramón Miérez and Marin Prekodravac). On the opposite side, Rudeš received 2 yellow cards (Edin Šehić and Mateo Pavlović).

Standings

After this contest, Osijek has 30 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Rudeš will stays with 4 points to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Osijek will play away against Rudeš on the 27th of January with a 8-1 head to head record in favor of Osijek (2 draws).

Rudeš will host Osijek on the 27th of January with a 8-1 head to head in favor of Osijek (2 draws).

Osijek – Formation

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

The manager Zoran Zekić decided to play with the following team: Marko Malenica (7.3), Nail Omerović (6.8), André Duarte (7.8), Petar Brlek (7.0), Roko Jurisic (7.3), Marin Prekodravac (6.4), Darko Nejašmić (7.5), Domagoj Bukvić (7.1), Petar Pušić (7.7), Kristijan Lovrić (8.1) and Ramón Miérez (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Styopa Mkrtchyan, Vedran Jugović (6.6), Šime Gržan (6.4), Enis Cokaj (6.8), Filip Živković, Slavko Bralić (6.4), Anton Matković, Luka Zebec, Franko Kolić, Amar Zahirović and Renan Guedes (6.8).

Substitutions

Osijek made 5 changes: Nail Omerović for Renan Guedes (75′), Petar Brlek for Slavko Bralić (80′), Marin Prekodravac for Enis Cokaj (46′), Kristijan Lovrić for Vedran Jugović (61′) and Domagoj Bukvić for Šime Gržan (81′).

Player of the match: Kristijan Lovrić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Osijek was Kristijan Lovrić.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 21 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 3 crosses.

Rudeš – Formation

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

Davor Mladina played with: Vilim Krušlin, Karlo Kralj (6.6), Edin Šehić (7.5), Aboubacar Camara (6.4), Mateo Pavlović (7.0), Luka Pasaricek (6.7), Vanja Vukmanović (7.0), Ivan Pešić (6.6), Ante Coric (7.1), Eros Grezda (7.8) and Jan Doležal (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Dominik Mihaljevic (6.4), Luka Pavkovic, Tomislav Srbljinovic (7.0), Fran Topic (6.6), Jakov Basic (6.4), Kresimir Kovacevic, Dominik Resetar, Grgo Huljić, Eugen Ciban and Karlo Špeljak (6.4).

Substitutions

Rudeš made 5 changes: Ante Coric for Jakov Basic (79′), Vanja Vukmanović for Tomislav Srbljinovic (68′), Jan Doležal for Fran Topic (68′), Ivan Pešić for Karlo Špeljak (77′) and Vilim Krušlin for Dominik Mihaljevic (77′).

Player of the match: Eros Grezda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rudeš was Eros Grezda.

His rating is 7.8 with 26 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 15 duels out of 23. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Osijek – Rudeš – 2-0
• Istra 1961 – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1