OSIJEK. Varaždin tops Osijek 1-0 after L. Belcar scored just 1 goal (12′). Osijek was much better in terms of ball possession (67%).​

The match was played at the Stadion Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek on Friday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Mateo Erceg assisted by Hrvoje Radic and Željko Bučar. The 4th official was Jakov Titlić. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 13.02 degrees Celsius or 55.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Osijek had a superior ball possession 67% while Varaždin was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Osijek had a more offensive attitude with 122 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Varaždin was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Osijek shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Varaždin shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Osijek received 7 yellow cards (Ramón Miérez, Ramón Miérez, Domagoj Bukvić, F. Zivkovic, Anton Matković, Petar Pušić and Zoran Zekić). On the opposite side, Varaždin received 3 yellow cards (Domagoj Drožđek, Domagoj Drožđek and Luka Jelenić).

Standings

After this match, Osijek stays with 36 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Varaždin will has 30 points like Gorica 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 in favor of Osijek (2 draws).

Varaždin will host Gorica on the 30th of March with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Varaždin (5 draws).

Osijek – Formation

Osijek adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Zoran Zekić decided to play with the following team: Marko Malenica (6.7), Nail Omerović (7.0), André Duarte (7.0), Slavko Bralić (7.0), Roko Jurisic (7.5), Enis Cokaj (6.8), Darko Nejašmić (7.7), Vedran Jugović (6.8), Domagoj Bukvić (6.6), Ramón Miérez (7.7) and Petar Pušić (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Styopa Mkrtchyan, Šime Gržan, Marin Prekodravac (7.0), Petar Brlek, Filip Živković (6.8), Anton Matković (7.0), Luka Zebec, Franko Kolić, Renan Guedes, Oleksandr Drambaev, Šimun Mikolčić and Ladislav Almási (7.0).

Substitutions

Osijek made 4 changes: Enis Cokaj for Marin Prekodravac (33′), Vedran Jugović for Anton Matković (34′), Slavko Bralić for Ladislav Almási (60′) and Domagoj Bukvić for Filip Živković (84′).

Player of the match: Darko Nejašmić​

The player that probably impressed the most for Osijek was Darko Nejašmić.

His rating is 7.7 with 71 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Varaždin – Formation

Also Varaždin adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Nikola Šafarić played with: Oliver Zelenika (7.3), Marko Vukcevic (7.0), Luka Jelenić (7.0), Lamine Ba (7.5), Antonio Boršić (7.3), Karlo Lusavec (7.0), Igor Postonjski (7.5), Leon Belcar (7.8), Dimitar Mitrovski (7.0), Marko Dabro (6.6) and Michele Šego (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ivan Nekić (6.8), Jurica Poldrugac, Domagoj Drožđek (6.7), Josip Silic, Leonard Vuk, David Mistrafovic, Mario Marina (6.8), Tomislav Gudelj, Luka Škaričić (6.8), Niko Domjanić (6.8) and Tin Levanić.

Substitutions

Varaždin made 5 changes: Dimitar Mitrovski for Ivan Nekić (64′), Karlo Lusavec for Mario Marina (76′), Marko Vukcevic for Luka Škaričić (87′), Marko Dabro for Niko Domjanić (75′) and Michele Šego for Domagoj Drožđek (86′).

Player of the match: Leon Belcar​

The player that probably impressed the most for Varaždin was Leon Belcar.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 30 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Osijek – Varaždin – 0-1