On Friday Mar 4th, Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Osijek in a 1. HNL match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Lokomotiva Zagreb recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Gorica. Sandro Kulenović struck first for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 18th minute on a feed from Cipetic, then Marko Dabro added another in the 72nd minute on a feed from Cipetic In the end, Gorica couldn’t muster any offence and Lokomotiva Zagreb ran away with the shutout win. Lokomotiva Zagreb is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while osijek sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Dinamo Zagreb. Antonio Mance scored the first goal for Osijek in the 77th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dinamo Zagreb couldn’t manage to score, and Osijek took the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Osijek should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Osijek and Lokomotiva Zagreb last played eachother at the Stadion Gradski Vrt on Nov 26th. Osijek was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Sandro Kulenović scored the first goal for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 9th minute, then in the 40th minute, Amer Hiroš sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Darko Nejašmić Finally they completed the comback victory in the 88th minute on a goal by Mirlind Daku to cap off a wild match.
Both Mijo Caktaš and Antonio Mance have been the hottest scorers for Osijek in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Lokomotiva Zagreb is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marko Dabro and Sandro Kulenović each having 3 goals in their last five.