On Saturday Oct 1st, Osijek hosts Lokomotiva Zagreb at Stadion Gradski Vrt in a clash of these two closely matched 1. HNL teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Osijek sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Gorica. Šime Gržan struck first for Osijek in the 19th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gorica couldn’t manage to score, and Osijek took the shutout win. Osijek is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Lokomotiva Zagreb is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Dinamo Zagreb. Arijan Ademi scored the first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in the 6th minute, but Sandro Kulenović got the equalizer for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 13th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Sunday Jul 24th, Lokomotiva Zagreb hosted Osijek at the Stadion Kranjčevićeva in their last match together. Lokomotiva Zagreb was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Laszlo Kleinheisler scored the first goal for Osijek in the 16th minute, then in the 80th minute, Enis Cokaj sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Blaž Bošković But luckily in the 86th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Blaž Bošković.
Lokomotiva Zagreb’s most prolific scorer has been Sandro Kulenović. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Both Drena Dijon and Laszlo Kleinheisler have been the hottest scorers for Osijek in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.