In this week 36 match, on Sat May 21st, Gorica hosts Osijek in a 1. HNL match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. In their last match, Gorica recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hrvatski Dragovoljac. Toni Fruk struck first for Gorica in the 5th minute, then Paulius Golubickas added another in the 78th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hrvatski Dragovoljac couldn’t manage to score, and Gorica took the shutout win. Gorica is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while osijek sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Lokomotiva Zagreb. Zaper scored the first goal for Osijek in the 26th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lokomotiva Zagreb couldn’t manage to score, and Osijek took the shutout win. Osijek is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Osijek and Gorica last played eachother at the Stadion Gradski Vrt on Mar 13th. Osijek and Gorica battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Osijek nor Gorica could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 16 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Osijek’s most prolific scorer has been Zaper. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Anthony Kalik has been the most prolific scorer on Gorica in the last five matches with 2 goals.