Here's what we know about the Gorica - Šibenik match:

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: ŠRC Velika Gorica (8000 seats)

Game week two of the 1. HNL season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Gorica - Šibenik preview:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Gorica form and stats

Last season, Gorica's league statistics were 17 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the 1. HNL. Over these 36 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Gorica managed 8-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 24 conceded.

Gorica are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Rijeka. Musa Muhammed was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Muhammed hit one key pass and won 5 of 9 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rijeka (1-2).

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Šibenik form and stats

Let's have a look at how Šibenik performed last season in the Arena Cup: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 20/24 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the 1. HNL ended in defeat. Last season Šibenik had these away match statistics: Played 18; won 4, drew 4 and lost 10.

Šibenik have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 396 minutes ago. S. Sahiti was the goal scorer.

Šibenik play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Osijek (placed 1st). Antonio Marin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.21. Marin dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times. Šibenik goalkeeper Lovre Rogić had a great day against Osijek, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

A 0-1 defeat away at Dinamo Zagreb before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Šibenik has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Gorica, four draws and zero wins for Šibenik. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Gorica missing players

Šibenik missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gorica Šibenik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 9
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Gorica Last season Šibenik
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
17 8   Won W   4 9
8 5   Drew D   4 8
11 5   Lost L   10 19
60 28   Scored S   20 32
47 24   Conceded C   24 47
94% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
75% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   56% 58%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 36%
31% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 25%
22% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
61% 56%   BTTS BTTS   44% 33%
25% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 25%
19% 28%   Failed to Score F T   44% 50%
 
5.4 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5
4.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   7.4 6.2
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
4 2   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.2 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.4
4.2 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.9
39% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 23%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Osijek 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Rijeka 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Slaven Koprivnica 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Hajduk Split 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Gorica 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
10 Šibenik 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 36 26 7 3 84 28 18 14 2 2 44 13 18 12 5 1 40 15 56 85
2 Osijek 36 23 8 5 59 25 18 13 4 1 30 8 18 10 4 4 29 17 34 77
3 Rijeka 36 18 7 11 51 46 18 8 6 4 24 20 18 10 1 7 27 26 5 61
4 Hajduk Split 36 18 6 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 19 18 10 2 6 21 18 11 60
5 Gorica 36 17 8 11 60 47 18 8 5 5 28 24 18 9 3 6 32 23 13 59
6 Šibenik 36 9 8 19 32 47 18 5 4 9 12 23 18 4 4 10 20 24 -15 35
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 7 13 16 36 53 18 3 7 8 17 25 18 4 6 8 19 28 -17 34
8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 7 9 20 29 60 18 5 3 10 18 29 18 2 6 10 11 31 -31 30
9 Istra 1961 36 7 8 21 27 52 18 6 2 10 16 23 18 1 6 11 11 29 -25 29
10 Varazdin 36 6 10 20 30 61 18 3 5 10 21 35 18 3 5 10 9 26 -31 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Osijek 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Rijeka 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Slaven Koprivnica 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Hajduk Split 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Dinamo Zagreb 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
9 Gorica 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
10 Šibenik 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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