3rd position in the 1. HNL table for Gorica so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Rijeka visits ŠRC Velika Gorica.
- Gorica has the most scored goals in the second half (28) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the most points from losing position (15) in 1. HNL
It's no vacation for neither Gorica nor Rijeka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica have played 9 1. HNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ivan Banic not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Gorica's last game was hosting Sibenik (placed 6th) and winning 1-0. Before that match, a win away at Slaven Koprivnica.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gorica as they are travelling to their away game against Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 1. HNL. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Gorica in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Gorica have conceded 12 goals.
Rijeka form and stats
4 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Rijeka playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Rijeka are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Rijeka delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Istra 1961 (placed 10th) in their previous match; a 1. HNL game. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Hajduk Split.
Rijeka has another fixture away, a 1. HNL game, against Osijek in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Rijeka find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rijeka's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Rijeka - Gorica 0-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gorica seven wins, one draw and Rijeka two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 14 goals |   F. Andrijašević 8 goals |  O. Mudrinski 6 goals |
Gorica missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Gorica | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 41 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 84% |
| 65% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 40% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 5% |
| 75% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 20% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 16% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.6 | 13 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.9 | 13.1 |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 48% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 25% |
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals in the second half (28) in 1. HNL
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the most points from losing position (15) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 48 |
| 2 | Osijek | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Gorica | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 31 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 19 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 18 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 14 |