Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Karlovac 1919 1st with 87 points, Tekstilac Ravnice 17th with 36, 51 apart. Tekstilac Ravnice ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Karlovac 1919 were scoring 2.32 and conceding 0.35, Tekstilac Ravnice 1.06 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Karlovac 1919 entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Tekstilac Ravnice arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 12 consecutive games.
The match was played at Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek in Karlovac (capacity 8,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.