VELIKA GORICA. Gorica and Lokomotiva Zagreb played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

The match was played at the ŠRC Velika Gorica stadium in Velika Gorica on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Tihomir Pejin who had the assistance of Dino Knez and Tomislav Keglević. The 4th official was Domagoj Kurtović. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Gorica

3 - 3

Lokomotiva Zagreb

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 9 Total 9
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 6 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 80 Attack 80
  • 59 Dangerous attack 52
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 8
Fouls
  • 5 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1

Ball possession

Gorica had a superior ball possession 55% while Lokomotiva Zagreb was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gorica had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Gorica to win the match​.

Gorica shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Gorica received 5 yellow cards (J. Prsir, C. Keita, A. Jovicic, J. Mitrovic and A. Kalik). On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb received 2 yellow cards (E. Cokaj and J. Pivaric).

C. Keita (Gorica) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (72′).

Also, Lokomotiva Zagreb didn’t end the match with 11 players after J. Pivaric (Lokomotiva Zagreb) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (68′).

Match Timeline

Jurica Prsir- Yellow
13'
23'
Cheick Keita- Yellow
30'
35'
38'
39'
42'
43'
Josip Mitrovic- Yellow
44'
46'
A. Smakaj- sub ->L. Stojkovic
61'
63'
68'
Cheick Keita(yellowred)
72'
76'
83'
85'
Kresimir Krizmanic- sub ->J. Mitrovic
88'
90'
Silvio Goričan- sub ->J. Vasilj

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Dinamo Zagreb
79
36
Hajduk Split
72
36
Osijek
69
36
Rijeka
65
36
Lokomotiva Zagreb
49
36
Gorica
45
36
Slaven Koprivnica
36
36
Šibenik
32
36
Istra 1961
31
36
Hrvatski Dragovoljac
19
36

After playing this contest, Gorica will have 41 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb will have 46 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Gorica will play away with Hrvatski Dragovoljac on the 13th of May with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Gorica (1 draw).

Lokomotiva Zagreb will play away agasint Osijek on the 15th of May with a 17-15 head to head in favor of Osijek (12 draws).

Gorica – Formation

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

The manager Samir Toplak decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Gorica made 4 changes: M. Dieye for P. Golubickas (61′), I. B. Atiemwen for J. Suk (76′), J. Mitrovic for K. Krizmanic (88′) and T. Fruk for L. Nezirovic (88′).

Lokomotiva Zagreb – Formation

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

Silvijo Čabraja played with: .

Substitutions

Lokomotiva Zagreb made 2 changes: L. Stojkovic for A. Smakaj (46′) and J. Vasilj for S. Goričan (90′).

Results of the day

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