OSIJEK. Osijek snatched a late win Rijeka 1-0 after S. Cestic scored an own goal (86′).

I. Abass received a red card (90′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Rijeka lost the match.

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 with the help of Hrvoje Radic and Luka Pušić. The 4th official was Marko Cestarić. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3.7 degrees Celsius or 38.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Osijek was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Rijeka that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Osijek was putting more pressure with 74 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Osijek won the match​.

Osijek shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rijeka shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Osijek received 2 yellow cards (I. Fiolic and P. Brlek). Regarding the opposition, Rijeka received 3 yellow cards (S. Cestic, J. Drmic and I. Abass).

Also, Rijeka didn’t finish the match with 11 players after I. Abass (Rijeka) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Osijek will have 46 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Rijeka will stay with 43 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Osijek will play away against Istra 1961 on the 19th of February with a 22-9 head to head record in favor of Osijek (16 draws).

Rijeka will host Šibenik on the 20th of February with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of Šibenik (6 draws).

Osijek – Formation

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

The manager Nenad Bjelica decided to play with the following team: Ivica Ivušić (6.8), Mato Miloš (6.8), Mile Škorić (7.2), Danijel Lončar (7.1), Mario Jurčevič (7.4), Ivan Fiolić (6.9), Mihael Žaper (6.8), Damjan Bohar (7.1), Mijo Caktaš (6.5), László Kleinheisler (7.8) and Kristian Fućak (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Malenica, Marin Leovac, Slavko Bralić, Yevgen Cheberko, Amer Hiroš, Diego Barri, Petar Brlek (7.0), Mihret Topčagić (6.8) and Antonio Mance (6.4).

Substitutions

Osijek made 5 changes: D. Bohar for P. Brlek (71′), M. Caktas for A. Mance (71′), K. Fucak for M. Topcagic (83′), I. Fiolic for A. Hiros (89′) and L. Kleinheisler for Y. Cheberko (90′).

Best player: László Kleinheisler​

The player that probably impressed the most for Osijek was László Kleinheisler even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 23 passes (86% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Rijeka – Formation

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

Goran Tomić played with: Nediljko Labrović (8.5), Andrés Solano (6.4), Sava Arangel Čestić (6.2), Anton Krešić (7.3), Andrija Vukčević (6.7), Lindon Selahi (7.4), Domagoj Pavičić (7.2), Robert Murić (6.2), Haris Vučkić (7.0), Prince Ampem (6.6) and Josip Drmić (6.6).

They had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Darko Velkovski, Hrvoje Smolčić, Ivan Lepinjica, Adam Gnezda Čerin (6.8), Denis Bušnja, Jorge Obregon, Matej Vuk and Issah Abass (6.4).

Substitutions

Rijeka made 4 changes: H. Vuckic for A. Gnezda Cerin (67′), R. Muric for I. Abass (68′), A. Solano for D. Busnja (89′) and L. Selahi for J. Obregon (89′).

Best player: Nediljko Labrović​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was the goalkeeper: Nediljko Labrović. His rating is 8.45. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Osijek – Rijeka – 1-0
• Hajduk Split – Slaven Koprivnica – 3-1