December 21, 2020 – The 16th round of the Croatian First League was held on December 19 and 20, 2020. Only three games were played in the winter season’s final round, putting Dinamo and Osijek on the top of the table.
Osijek v. Sibenik (1:0)
Osijek and Sibenik opened the 16th round on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at City Garden Stadium.
The only goal of the match came in the 17th minute, thanks to a stellar header by Skoric for the 1:0 Osijek win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=kG9psOAsI0w
Osijek is currently in 2nd place with 33 points and 16 games played, while Sibenik is in 7th with 13 and only 14 games played.
Dinamo v. Varazdin (4:0)
Dinamo and Varazdin met at Maksimir Stadium on Saturday, December 19, 2020.
A goal by Orsic in the 23rd and Petkovic in the 31st put Dinamo up at 2:0 at the half. A penalty awarded for Dinamo in the 79th minute scored by Petkovic made it 3:0, and Hajrovic secured Dinamo’s victory in the first minute of added time for the final 4:0 result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=rz3_SxxvDT4
Dinamo is currently in 1st place with 33 points, however, with only 14 games played, while Varazdin is in 9th place with 12 points.
Hajduk v. Gorica (2:4)
Hajduk and Gorica closed out the 16th round on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at Poljud Stadium.
Dieye scored the first goal for Gorica for 0:1 in the 6th minute. Atanasov equalized for Hajduk in the 24th. A penalty was awarded to Gorica in the 53rd, which Lovric scored for 1:2. Diamanatakos scored for 2:2 in the 63rd.
Another penalty was awarded to Gorica in the 76th minute, putting them back in the lead for 2:3. Moro scored a final-minute goal for the 2:4 Gorica victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=Ro2rjwGFPYk
Hajduk is currently in 5th place with 17 points, though with only 14 games played, while Gorica is in 3rd place with 29 points and 14 games played.
Istra 1961 and Lokomotiva already played their last matches this year. They were supposed to meet at Aldo Drosina Stadium in the 16th round, but the match was postponed due to COVID-19 infections in the Istra squad. Istra also had to postpone their two previous games against Sibenik in the Cup and the championship.
HNS also postponed the 16th round match between Slaven Belupo and Rijeka.
The Koprivnica club has four positive COVID-19 cases, and the competent epidemiologist determined a measure of self-isolation for three other players because the contacts of the infected were close. According to the decision of the HNS Competition Commission, any team that has six or more players in self-isolation can request a postponement of the match.
Rijeka will welcome the winter break with 20 points in 4th place, with five games behind, while Slaven Belupo is 6th with 17 points and one game behind.
The match between Slaven and Rijeka was supposed to be played on Sunday, December 20.
You can see the full HNL table HERE.
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