Week 22 brings us a match on Feb 6th, where Hrvatski Dragovoljac hosts Osijek in a meeting of these two mismatched 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Hrvatski Dragovoljac is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Lokomotiva Zagreb. Veldin Hodža struck first for Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 22nd minute on a feed from Bernard Karrica, but Marko Dabro got the equalizer for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 45th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 46th minute on a goal by Ibrahim. Hrvatski Dragovoljac looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 2 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Osijek is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Slaven Koprivnica. struck first for Slaven Koprivnica in the 49th minute on a feed from Antonio Bosec, then Tomislav Bozic added another in the 68th minute. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Osijek should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Oct 23rd, Osijek hosted Hrvatski Dragovoljac at the Stadion Gradski Vrt in their last match together. Osijek was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Zaper struck first for Osijek in the 71st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hrvatski Dragovoljac couldn’t muster any offence and Osijek ran away with the shutout win.
Osijek is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Amer Hiroš and Laszlo Kleinheisler each only have 1 goal in their last five. Hrvatski Dragovoljac is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Vinko Petković and Veldin Hodža each only have 1 goal in their last five.