Week 21 features a match on Sunday Feb 12th, where Šibenik hosts Lokomotiva Zagreb in a meeting of these two 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 9th placed Šibenik, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Gorica. Duje Čop struck first for Šibenik in the 43rd minute, then Ivan Dolček added another in the 64th minute on a feed from Duje Čop At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gorica couldn’t manage to score, and Šibenik took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Lokomotiva Zagreb recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Osijek. Vladan Bubanja struck first for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 39th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Osijek was frustrated by Lokomotiva Zagreb’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Lokomotiva Zagreb ended the match with the shutout victory. Lokomotiva Zagreb is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
Lokomotiva Zagreb and Šibenik last played eachother at the Stadion Kranjčevićeva on Oct 7th. Lokomotiva Zagreb and Šibenik battled to a 1-1 draw. Indrit Tuci struck first for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 68th minute, but Patrick Salomon got the equalizer for Šibenik in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point.
Lokomotiva Zagreb is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Stojkovic and Sandro Kulenović each only have 1 goal in their last five. Duje Čop has been the most prolific scorer on Šibenik in his last five matches with two goals.