In 38 matches, Osijek was the home team against Rijeka in the HNL, where Osijek won 18 times, tied 11 times and lost 9.
In the HNL, Osijek was the home team 38 times with Rijeka being the away team, both of them fighting for championship points. The statistics are in Osijek’s favor, having been better than their away team counterpart from Kvarner. Osijek won 18, tied 11 and lost 9 times.
The ratio of achieved and received goals is 55:38. Interestingly, Osijek won 10 times in the first 11 matches with only one tie, Rijeka not having been able to triumph at Gradski Vrt. That continued until August, 2000, so that Rijeka’s coming to Osijek was extremely uncomfortable.
Nine consecutive wins
Nine triumphs in a row were achieved by Osijek from May ’94 up until April 2000, where their rival buried the ball into the net 4 times, while 7 matches ended with Osijek winning without having suffered a goal. The match scores were as follows: 2:0, 2:0, 1:0, 4:0, 2:0, 1:0, 5:2, 3:2 i 2:0. When Osijek entered a financial crisis, which was reflected in the weakening in Osijek’s ranks, Rijeka started winning when they played at Gradski Vrt. The crisis was visible especially during Rijeka’s ascension to the top of the HNL when they won 6 times at Gradski Vrt from September 2014 to August 2017. The last duel between Osijek and Rijeka was played at Gradski Vrt on the 7th of August 2017 where Osijek won 1:0.
