OSIJEK. Osijek was in the end too strong for Gorica with the goal of Ramón Miérez (50′), Petar Pušić (63′) and Ladislav Almási (72′). Osijek was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Fran Jović who had the assistance of Luka Pušić and Ivan Starčević. The 4th official was Ante Čulina. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.21 degrees Celsius or 53.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Osijek had a superior ball possession 65% while Gorica was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Osijek was more pushing with 88 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Osijek won the match.
Osijek shot 17 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gorica shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Osijek didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Gorica received 2 yellow cards (Marko Soldo and Andrej Lazarov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Osijek has 34 points to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Gorica will stays with 27 points like Slaven Koprivnica to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. HNL, Osijek will play away with Rudeš on the 27th of January with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of Osijek (2 draws).
Gorica will host Slaven Koprivnica on the 24th of February with a 7-7 head to head.
Osijek – Formation
Osijek
86'
50'
Osijek started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Zoran Zekić decided to play with the following team: André Duarte, Marko Malenica , Šime Gržan , Slavko Bralić , Roko Jurisic , Petar Pušić , Darko Nejašmić , Enis Cokaj , Domagoj Bukvić , Ramón Miérez and Kristijan Lovrić .
The home team had on the bench: Styopa Mkrtchyan , Marin Prekodravac , Petar Brlek , Andrej Micic , Anton Matković, Luka Zebec , Nail Omerović, Franko Kolić, Amar Zahirović, Renan Guedes, Šimun Mikolčić and Ladislav Almási .
Substitutions
Osijek made 4 changes: Kristijan Lovrić for Ladislav Almási (46′), Enis Cokaj for Petar Brlek (67′), Domagoj Bukvić for Marin Prekodravac (67′) and Roko Jurisic for Luka Zebec (86′).
Player of the match: Darko Nejašmić
The player that probably impressed the most for Osijek was Darko Nejašmić even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 71 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13.
Gorica – Formation
Gorica
47'
Gorica started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dinko Jeličić played with: Ivan Banić , Alexander Munksgaard , Mario Maloča , Krešimir Krizmanić , Dino Štiglec , Filip Mrzljak , Marko Soldo , Josip Mitrović , Luka Kapulica , Gabrijel Rukavina and Lenny Ilečić .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mateo Leš, Sven Blummel , Jurica Pršir , Jan Paolo Debijađi, Andrej Lazarov , Arona Fall , Momčilo Raspopović, Mario Matković, Đuro-Giulio Đekić, Božidar Radošević, Sekou Matar Sagna and Tim Matavž .
Substitutions
Gorica made 4 changes: Filip Mrzljak for Sven Blummel (73′), Marko Soldo for Tim Matavž (65′), Luka Kapulica for Jurica Pršir (65′) and Gabrijel Rukavina for Andrej Lazarov (65′).
Player of the match: Josip Mitrović
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gorica was Josip Mitrović.
His rating is with 16 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.
