Hajduk Split manager J. Gustafsson looking for three points in Rijeka showdown

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Poljud (35000 seats)

Here's another engaging match in the 1. HNL. Hajduk Split is in the 1st position after completing six fixtures. They welcome Rijeka who are placed 5th after five matches.

Insights:
  • Hajduk Split have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Rijeka have yet to win a game away.

Both crews have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's look for an in-your-face match!

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Hajduk Split form and stats

Hajduk Split have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 1. HNL. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Hajduk has won their last four matches.

The Hajduk goalkeeper Josip Posavec is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. HNL.

Happy days for Hajduk Split in their previous game, a 1. HNL match away at Hrvatski Dragovoljac (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Gergő Lovrencsics, defender, was given a rating of 9.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Lovrencsics hit the woodwork once, hit twelve key passes and won 8 of 8 duels. A late climax in the match against Hrvatski Dragovoljac as the winning goal came five minutes into overtime; scored by Stefan Simić.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Slaven Koprivnica in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hajduk handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Hajduk are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. From these home matches, Hajduk have conceded only 2 goals.

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Rijeka form and stats

Still no away game victory in the 1. HNL for Rijeka with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Rijeka are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the 1. HNL against Šibenik (placed 9th). Martin Zlomislić (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.61. Zlomislić stopped the opponent with eight saves. Rijeka goalie Martin Zlomislić was high and low in the Šibenik game, contributing eight saves towards the victory.

Prior to that match, the Rijeka manager G. Tomić faced defeat when travelling to Osijek and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Rijeka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, zero draws and two defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rijeka has managed 3 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Hajduk Split-Rijeka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hajduk Split four wins, Rijeka four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RijekaJ. Drmic
J. Drmic
4 goals
Hajduk SplitM. Livaja
M. Livaja
3 goals
Hajduk SplitJ. Mlakar
J. Mlakar
3 goals

Hajduk Split missing players

Rijeka missing players

Hajduk Split Rijeka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 1
10 4 0 Scored S 0 3 9
5 2 0 Conceded C 1 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 80%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
50% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 20%
 
6.3 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.5 5.2
2.7 1.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 11 8.2
1.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.5 15.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8 10.2
6.5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.5 5.2
26% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 35%
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • Hajduk Split have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Hajduk Split have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Hajduk Split haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rijeka have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rijeka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Rijeka have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 Hajduk Split 6 4 1 1 10 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 2 1 0 6 3 5 13
2 Osijek 6 4 1 1 8 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 13
3 Lokomotiva Zagreb 5 3 1 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 10
4 Dinamo Zagreb 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 10
5 Rijeka 5 3 1 1 9 5 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 4 10
6 Gorica 6 3 0 3 7 8 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 1 0 2 2 4 -1 9
7 Istra 1961 5 2 0 3 6 9 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -3 6
8 Slaven Koprivnica 6 1 2 3 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 -2 5
9 Šibenik 6 1 1 4 9 12 1 1 0 0 6 2 5 0 1 4 3 10 -3 4
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 6 0 0 6 6 19 3 0 0 3 1 7 3 0 0 3 5 12 -13 0