Rezultat je nula prema nula.

Word by word:

• rezultat = result or, in a sports context, score
• je = is
• nula = zero
• prema = here, to in the sense of a scoreline

So the structure is basically:

• Rezultat = the score
• je = is
• nula prema nula = zero to zero

In sports English, this is the equivalent of The score is 0–0 or It’s nil-nil.

Because Croatian does not have articles like the and a/an.

So rezultat can mean:

• a result
• the result
• the score

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, it naturally means the score.

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti (to be), so it means is.

The subject is rezultat, which is singular, so Croatian uses:

• rezultat je = the score is

Not:

• rezultat su = incorrect here

In some headlines or very short sports updates, Croatian may omit je, but in a normal full sentence, je is standard.

Here it clearly means score.

Croatian rezultat is broader than English score and can mean:

• a result in general
• an outcome
• a score in sports

In a sentence about numbers like nula prema nula, the sports meaning score is the natural one.

Yes, prema often means things like:

• toward
• according to
• in relation to

But in score expressions, X prema Y is a standard way to say X to Y.

So:

• nula prema nula = zero to zero
• dva prema jedan = two to one
• tri prema tri = three to three

In this sentence, prema connects the two sides of the score.

That is a very reasonable question.

In ordinary grammar, prema does normally go with the dative. However, in score expressions such as X prema Y, Croatian usually treats the numbers as a fixed score formula, and they stay in their basic counting form.

So learners should usually just memorize patterns like:

• jedan prema nula
• dva prema jedan
• nula prema nula

In other words, this is best learned as an idiomatic score expression rather than by trying to force ordinary preposition rules onto it.

Yes. This sentence is correct, but in everyday speech Croatian speakers often use shorter versions, for example:

• Rezultat je 0:0.
• Još je 0:0. = It’s still 0:0.
• Nula-nula.
• Nula prema nula.

The version with prema is perfectly understandable and standard, but 0:0 or simply nula-nula may sound more natural in casual sports talk.

Usually nula is the normal and safest choice here.

Croatian does have zero, but nula is the ordinary everyday word for the number 0, especially in scorelines and basic counting contexts.

So for a sports score, nula prema nula is more natural than zero prema zero.

Yes, if the context is clear.

For example, if everyone is already talking about a match, you can simply say:

• Nula prema nula.

That works like English Zero-zero or Nil-nil.

The full sentence Rezultat je nula prema nula is just more explicit.

A rough English-friendly approximation is:

reh-zoo-ltat yeh noo-lah preh-mah noo-lah

A few helpful pronunciation points:

• j sounds like English y, so je sounds like yeh
• u is like oo in food
• r is usually tapped or lightly rolled
• each vowel is pronounced clearly

So the most important sound cue is probably:

• je = yeh
• nula = noo-lah
• prema = preh-mah