The team playing at home, Rijeka, should be favourites in this match, but Lokomotiva Zagreb have exhibited both competence and guts. Learn more about the fixture!
- Rijeka have the most points from losing position (14) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had enough rest since their last match. Let's wish for an active match!
Rijeka form and stats
Overall 1. HNL statistics at home this season for Rijeka are 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Rijeka are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Dinamo Zagreb. Midfielder Selahi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Selahi hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Rijeka won a home game hosting Istra 1961 (1-0).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Rijeka matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and three defeats (from six games).
Rijeka have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion HNK Rijeka with 20 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
Lokomotiva Zagreb have only collected 8 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 2-2-6 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Lokomotiva's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Lokomotiva Zagreb are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Hrvatski Dragovoljac (placed 10th). Midfielder Çokaj was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.11. Çokaj served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 64 successful passes (of 70 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Zarkovo's place.The visiting Lokomotiva Zagreb have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. In the opposite end, Lokomotiva Zagreb have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Lokomotiva Zagreb - Rijeka 0-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Rijeka won five, Lokomotiva Zagreb were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Drmic 14 goals |   M. Dabro 9 goals |  R. Murić 7 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Rijeka | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 42 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 32 |
| 29 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 81% |
| 62% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 67% |
| 33% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 33% |
| 29% | 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 62% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 67% |
| 29% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 19% |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 42% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 35% |
| 12.1 | 11 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.1 | 10 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rijeka have the most points from losing position (14) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in 1. HNL
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Osijek | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Gorica | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 21 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 33 | -35 | 7 |
