In this week 35 match on the 15th of May, Lokomotiva Zagreb and Osijek will play a match in Osijek in a meeting of these two evenly matched 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. Osijek is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Dinamo Zagreb. Mislav Oršić struck first for Dinamo Zagreb in the 34th minute on a feed from Bruno Petković, then Dario Špikić added another in the 60th minute on a feed from Petar Bočkaj At the end of 90 a dissapointed Osijek couldn’t manage to score, and Dinamo Zagreb took the shutout win. Osijek is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Lokomotiva Zagreb recorded a 3-3 draw against Gorica. Iyayi Believe Atiemwen struck first for Gorica in the 23rd minute on a feed from Babec, then Anthony Kalik added another in the 39th minute on a feed from Matar Dieye. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Lokomotiva Zagreb should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 4th of March, Lokomotiva Zagreb and Osijek battled to a 0-0 draw. Lokomotiva Zagreb had 11 on net, and Osijek had 10, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Lokomotiva Zagreb’s most prolific scorer has been Sandro Kulenović. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Mijo Caktaš has been the most effective weapon for Osijek lately. The Croatian midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches.