Sibenik vs Gorica Prediction: Can Sibenik finally win?

Gorica are visiting Sibenik on Sunday in the last match of the 14th round of HNL. The draw against Dinamo and the victory on penalties in the Croatian Cup against Varazdin are certainly a strong wind behind for Carevic and his players, while Sibenik have not known for a victory in the HNL since August. We will see a very unusual and interesting situation, Mario Carevic returns to Sibenik, where he started this season as a coach. On the other hand, on the home team's bench will be Rajko Vidovic, who worked with Gorica until the beginning of October.

Form: LLLDL

His eight points from nine rounds were considered insufficient and he left Gorica’s bench with the statement that "some others before me had much more credits". Vidovic believed that he worked well and that his team would grow in shape as the season progressed, but he had a different view of the summer transfer window than the club's leader. He believed that Gorica was weakened and that some good players like Pajaziti, Pavlovic, or Dju were brought in too late, so he needed more time to spend the desired time. However right after he left Gorica, he joined Sibenik and there he didn’t show any improvement. Sibenik are in last place with 12 points, and in the last 5 matches in the league, they have 3 defeats and a draw. Sibenik are the weakest host in the league with only a win, 2 draws and 3 defeats at home, and a goal difference of 3:10.

Form: DDLWL

After the 9th round, Carevic left Sibenik and immediately took over Gorica. The team started to play more disciplined which brought results, they won against Istra at home, 1:0 and drew in the last round against Dinamo. In the meantime, they advanced to the quarterfinal of the National Cup. However, they are in 9th place with 12 points, the same as Sibenik and it certainly will be a tight fight between them until the end to avoid relegation. Their away form is terrible, they lost all 6 away games this season with a goal difference of 4:14.

This match can be considered as a derby of the bottom, and the points in this match are extremely important since these teams are direct competitors for relegation. The strange thing that I read all week about is that both managers know the opponent better than their current teams since they brought in players and did the pre-season preparations with opposite teams. I think this will be a very tough encounter, with few goals, if any, and a draw in the end.