Osijek is the only club in the league who has successfully found victory in the first three matches of the season. Victories over Hajduk Split, NK Rudeš and most recently, NK Istra 1961 have given Osijek a table-topping nine points.     After their tough 2-1 (3-1 agg.) defeat to Rangers FC, Osijek haven’t looked back and […]

      Rijeka tops the table this week with a +6 goal differential, which is all that separates it from Osijek, which is the only other club with two wins in this young season.     Rijeka took care of business against visiting Inter Zaprešić, who remain without any points in the first two matches this year. The home […]

      Dinamo Zagreb entered yesterday’s return match against Israel’s Hapoel Beer-Sheva with a five-goal aggregate lead. This lead was cut to three goals rather quickly when Hapoel scored twice before the half. With an almost-nervous feeling creeping up on the Modri, Mario Budimir and Izet Hajrović stepped up to even the score at two.     This returned the dominating […]

    Some unexpected results kicked off (pun intended) the season, which started Friday featuring Dinamo Zagreb hosting NK Rudeš. The match featured the first goal of the season, which was credited to Sadegh Moharami of Dinamo, who unfortunately scored for the wrong team.     The own goal led to an early Rudeš lead, which they successfully defended through 90 […]