Osijek vs Hajduk Split Prediction: Two teams that desperately need win

In just ten days, Hajduk visits the Gradski vrt in Osijek twice. This Sunday, after celebrating in the quarter-finals of the cup, the team from Split will again arrive in Osijek, which this time is in a significantly different state, with new manager. The hosts gave a hint against the current champion that Hajduk will surely face a very demanding test in the 25th round of the SuperSport HNL, and another defeat of the visitors would not surprise.

For the second time this season, Osijek has decided to change its coach. Borimir Perković sat on the bench of the struggling team and immediately showed in his debut in the toughest possible test that the club from Osijek should be seriously counted on. The crisis of as many as five rounds without a win with a total of four defeats seriously shook the ambitions of the home team, but did not usurp their European third place. It is still threatened by points with several teams that are very close, but three points today would remove the danger and reduce the gap behind the second-placed Hajduk to just minus five.

In the announcement of the match, Osijek’s manager announced that his team must cultivate its style and play offensively in front of its fans, creating chances through active play and possession of the ball in the opponent's half. Of course, Hajduk will not agree with such a course of action, but there is currently no value in betting on the team from Split. The big crisis that prevailed is the epilogue of the unexpected domestic defeats against Lokomotiva and Rijeka, which along with 4:0 defeat in the derby against Dinamo led to an extremely unstable situation in the dressing room and management. In the midst of disastrous results, at the moment there is more attention on the European successes of the club's juniors, which suggests what the situation is in Hajduk. Despite everything, guests should always be respected as much as possible, and today we expect at least one goal from them.

Osijek lost a large number of important players and began to struggle in the new half-season, so the management quickly decided to get rid of Rene Poms. They are now trying to compensate for the playing quality they lost in outgoing transfers with an experienced and quality tactician and coach, who can certainly do good things with their team over time. The home side is slight favorite, but betting on goals is much more safe option in this match since both teams are in crisis and unstable.