VELIKA GORICA. Lokomotiva Zagreb defeated Gorica to win 2-1. It was Lokomotiva Zagreb to strike first with a goal of Robert Mudražija at the 15′. Then it was a goal in the 19′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Duje Čop gave the win to Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 51′ minute with a penalty. Lokomotiva Zagreb capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the ŠRC Velika Gorica stadium in Velika Gorica on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ante Terzić assisted by Hrvoje Radic and Goran Perica. The 4th official was Marino Majstrović. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 6.97 degrees Celsius or 44.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lokomotiva Zagreb was in firm control of the ball 57% while Gorica was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lokomotiva Zagreb was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lokomotiva Zagreb won the match.​

Gorica shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 20 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Gorica received 5 yellow cards (Mario Maloča, Jurica Pršir, Momčilo Raspopović, Ante Matej Jurić and Alexander Munksgaard). Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiva Zagreb received 3 yellow cards (SilvijoČabraja, Branimir Kalaica and Anes Huskić).

Standings

After playing this match, Gorica stays with 27 points like Lokomotiva Zagreb to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiva Zagreb will has 27 points like Gorica to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Gorica will play away with Dinamo Zagreb on the 3rd of February with a 17-2 head to head stats in favor of Dinamo Zagreb (4 draws).

Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Dinamo Zagreb on the 12th of August with a 41-5 head to head in favor of Dinamo Zagreb (5 draws).

Gorica – Formation

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

The manager Dinko Jeličić decided to play with the following team: Ivan Banić (7.7), Alexander Munksgaard (7.0), Mario Maloča (6.8), Krešimir Krizmanić (6.3), Dino Štiglec (7.5), Momčilo Raspopović (6.8), Jurica Pršir (7.5), Josip Mitrović (6.8), Tim Matavž (7.3), Ante Matej Jurić (7.0) and Nikola Vujnović (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Mateo Leš, Marko Soldo (6.3), Sven Blummel, Lenny Ilečić (7.0), Jan Paolo Debijađi, Andrej Lazarov, Arona Fall, Luka Kapulica (6.8), Mario Matković, Ino Vuko, Božidar Radošević and Sekou Matar Sagna (6.6).

Substitutions

Gorica made 4 changes: Tim Matavž for Lenny Ilečić (77′), Nikola Vujnović for Marko Soldo (26′), Alexander Munksgaard for Sven Blummel (89′) and Josip Mitrović for Luka Kapulica (77′).

Player of the match: Ivan Banić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gorica was the goalkeeper: Ivan Banić. His rating is 7.65. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.

Lokomotiva Zagreb – Formation

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

Silvijo Čabraja played with: Nikola Čavlina (6.4), Karlo Bartolec (7.1), Jon Mersinaj (7.0), Branimir Kalaica (7.0), Marin Leovac (8.1), Art Smakaj (7.0), Mateo Marić (7.8), Fabijan Krivak (6.6), Robert Mudražija (8.5), Silvio Goričan (7.7) and Duje Čop (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Matej Matić, Anes Huskić (6.3), Antonio Baždarić, Viktor Kanižaj, Feta Fetai (6.4), Fran Žilinski, Marko Vranjković, Ivan Canjuga, Ivan Kukavica and Zvonimir Šubarić.

Substitutions

Lokomotiva Zagreb made 2 changes: Fabijan Krivak for Ivan Canjuga (89′) and Robert Mudražija for Feta Fetai (80′).

Player of the match: Robert Mudražija​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lokomotiva Zagreb was Robert Mudražija.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 20 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Gorica – Lokomotiva Zagreb – 1-2
• Hajduk Split – Rijeka – 1-2