It's only match two of the 1. HNL for these contenders. And it's all to play for here at Stadion Poljud as Hajduk Split welcome Rijeka. Don't miss this preview!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game, against Dukagjini, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rijeka.
Hajduk Split form and stats
The previous season, Hajduk Split's league stats were 21 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 2nd position in the 1. HNL. From these 36 matches they scored {65 goals} and conceded 41. Appearing as the home side in the former season Hajduk Split delivered 12-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {39 goals} and 18 conceded.
A good away victory last time out for Hajduk Split, who won 2-1 against Dinamo Zagreb (placed 8th). A late climax in the match against Dinamo Zagreb as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Pukštas. Pukštas (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Pukštas scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Dinamo Zagreb in the Super Cup.
Rijeka form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rijeka performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 23/21 goals scored/conceded.
Two away matches in a row for Rijeka, whose boss Jakirović could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Dukagjini.
Before that, Rijeka secured a home win against Rudeš with the score 4-0.Rijeka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rijeka are hosting Dukagjini in the Europa Conference League only four days away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hajduk Split six wins, zero draws and Rijeka four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Janković 2 goals |   R. Pukstas 1 goals |  M. Livaja 1 goals |
Hajduk Split missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Hajduk Split | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hajduk Split | Last season | Rijeka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 65 | 39 | Scored | S | 23 | 44 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 44 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 83% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 75% | ||
| 61% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 42% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 14% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 53% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 47% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 14% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Gorica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Varazdin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Rudeš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Slaven Koprivnica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 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 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 53 | 81 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 71 |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 50 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 49 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -2 | 46 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -10 | 46 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -5 | 43 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 43 |
| 9 | Gorica | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30 | -14 | 32 |
| 10 | Sibenik | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 56 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
