Gorica vs Hajduk Split Prediction: Hajduk must get all 3 points!

Gorica welcomes Hajduk on Saturday and hopes to get a second win against Hajduk at home this season, and goalkeeper Ivan Banic could be a very important factor in that. It's been a turbulent year behind Gorica. After being on the verge of relegation, from which they saved themselves with an incredible series, they entered this season as a legitimate candidate in the fight for Europe, only to be at the very bottom again in the last ten games. Only four points were won in ten games, and the fantastic goalkeeper Ivan Banic, who had several impressive performances in that period, did not help either. The match against Hajduk will be played in Stadium Radnik at 7:10 p.m. on Saturday.

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Gorica were almost invincible at home in the first part of the season, but in the last round before the break, they lost to Varazdin, followed by two defeats from Rijeka and one from Lokomotiva in the sequel. In the last game at their stadium, they beat Slaven Belupo by 1:0. In September, after a turnaround in the end, they defeated Hajduk 2:1, and they repeated the same against Dinamo a month later. Gorica are in 6th place with 30 points, but they have only one win, one draw and eight defeats in the last 10 matches.

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The visiting team led by coach Mislav Karoglan hopes to win the championship, the first for Hajduk since 2005. However, they will have to improve their game at the end of the season, where they still have tough matches with Dinamo, Rijeka, and Osijek. Hajduk lost away to Gorica in the first part of the championship and now they want to fix that. Split fans hope that Marko Livaja, the captain and best scorer of the team from Poljud, can perform as he knows on Saturday. This season, he is not in the same mood as in the previous ones, but he can still make a difference and decide the game. Josip Brekalo is now the main generator in the ranks of Hajduk, a very good reinforcement for the Split’s club. Laszlo Kleinheisler, who is known for his penetrations and long-range shots, was also brought in. Great news for Karoglan is certainly the rise in the form of Filip Krovinovic, the scorer in the previous match against Istra. Hajduk are in 2nd place with a point less than Rijeka.

As we expected, despite the stumble in Velika Gorica in the first part of the championship, the bookmakers declared Hajduk the clear favorite in this match. I agree with that because Gorica are in a serious crisis and it seems that the lack of quality players who can step up is starting to show in their ranks. I believe that the surprise from the fall will not be repeated, but that Hajduk will quickly gain the advantage and keep it until the end.