On the twelfth matchday came the first defeat in the championship for Hajduk Gennaro Gattuso. The league leaders surprisingly fell 1-0 on Varazdin’s pitch and saw Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb approaching. Coppitelli’s Osijek wins again, new KO for Tramezzani’s Istra.
Here is the HNL ranking after twelve days:
Hajduk Split 27
Rijeka 24
Dinamo Zagreb 23
NK Varaždin 19
Osijek 19
NK Istra 12
Sibenik 12
Gorica 11
Lokomotiva Zagreb 9
Slaven Belupo 9