Live live Osijek – Hajduk 0-0: The duel on the Opus Arena has started!
Sunday’s derby Day opens Osijek and Hajduk on Opus Arena at 4 pm. A match in which Hajduk will hunt three points at all costs to separate from Rijeka and watch the derby in Zagreb. Osijek reached the air a little after the victory at Rujevica (2-0) and were six points from the last place, but, peculiar with the demolition of Rijeka, they will surely want to « ask » Hajduk « and participate in creating the top of the table. In the three meetings so far, Hajduk won twice at Poljud (1-0 and 4-0), while in Osijek it ended (2-2). Today’s match is judged by Igor Pajac
Osijek finally stopped a series of eight rounds without a victory (seven of which lost) and Simon Rozman finally had been pleased to go to the locker room since he took over Osijek. The match against Hajduk in the city on the Drava was understood in the most serious possible way. The players even stayed in quarantine where they will be until the start of the game. And the city woke up. A Opus Arena has sold out for the derby with Hajduk and the atmosphere should be just the way the derby deserves. Osijek will welcome Hajduk without major problems in the composition. None of the players have been suspended because of the cardboard, it has been known from before the end of the season there will be no Anton Matkovic and Simon Mikolcic, and Emin Hasic will not compete for this match.
– They have individual quality in Rakitic and Livaja, but that does not mean that we will adapt to the opponent. It is impossible to stop the likan with strict coverage because it is a class from the players, but we can prevent the team from flowing the ball towards it. For me, this team spirit I saw against Rijeka is very important and we have to continue that way – Rozman said in the announcement of the match.
Hajduk lost to Istria in the last round and failed to use Dinamo’s kicks and separate. Fortunately for ‘Bili’, she lost the river, so the scoring condition did not change after the last round. The citizens of Split have the same number of points as Rijeka and have to rush to win with all the forces. Hajduk’s form is not a fabulous and their defeat from Istria was a third match without a victory, and in the last five matches they scored only four goals. The shocking needles of ‘Bilih’ today will have to be particularly sharp and ruthless if they want to raise the champion trophy, and as the end is getting closer, this is the last train to start scoring goals for Hajduk. Gennaro Gattuso cannot count on Stipe Biuk and Jana Mlakar who injured himself last month, and there is no Ismëla Diall, who makes the last suspension match over a red card. It is a good thing that Bamba returns to the right wing and try to ‘injure’ the host as soon as possible.
The bookmakers say Hajduk is a favorite and a coefficient to win ‘Bilih’ is 2.10. On the other hand, the coefficient on the victory of Osijek is 4.20, and for the unresolved outcome it is 3.50. (Jacob Drobnjak)
