Gorica vs Sibenik Prediction: Derby for survival!

This Sunday at 5 p.m., Gorica will have one of the most important matches of this part of the season. A derby at the bottom, a big clash with Sibenik, perhaps the only real, direct competitor in this ruthless fight for first-league survival! The stakes are extremely high for both teams, with a win Gorica would go five points clear, and with a better head-to-head record they would have a truly huge advantage. Sibenik's win at the City Stadium would return Gorica to the bottom of the table. 

Gorica

Form: LWDDW

Gorica have two points more than last-placed Sibenik ahead of their match, and these are the last two teams in the HNL. The points from this match in Turopolje, are of great importance, but it is still too early to say how decisive they are. Mario Carevic, a man who has been on the bench of both teams this season, is currently in Gorica and is doing a very good job, is also aware of this. This winter has also got several reinforcements, and it is common knowledge that Gorica is in a particularly good mood on their home field. He stabilized the team and started the second part of the season as he wanted, with several good results like the win over Osijek, I think that Carevic is a great manager and he is doing an amazing job in Gorica, and they will definitely stay in the league.

Sibenik

Form: LLDDW

Sibenik's players had a very turbulent week ahead of the very important match. Unfortunately for the Orange fans, most of the talk was about non-football topics. Delayed salaries, eviction of staff members from their apartments, 'squeezes' with the Football Union... and as the crowning glory of the bad news, a topic for the crime column arrived, namely information that the players were robbed while they were at training. It is logical that in such circumstances it was not easy for the Sibenik players to prepare for the duel that may mean their first league life. Interestingly, Sibenik achieved their last championship victory against Gorica, but eight long rounds have passed since then. They started the season well, but then on the bench was Carevic, now Gorica’s manager and he said that the situation in the team is far from ideal even though Sibenik got promoted this last season.

Expert Betting Tips

For me, Gorica are a big favorite in this match. It’s true, that both teams are struggling but the situation in Sibenik is very bad. These teams started the season in very different roles, Sibenik were in the upper part of the table, while Gorica were losing match after match. Sibenik’s last away win in the league was in August, against Lokomotiva, and I can’t see them taking point in this duel. I expect a home win, and Gorica to score at least two goals against desperate Sibenik.

Our prediction for the match is a home win for the odds of 1.8 at Bet365.

Our second prediction is home team to score over 1.5 goals for odds of 1.9 at Betway.

Our third prediction – home win and over 2.5 goals for odds of 3.02 at 1xbet.