Istra 1961 have won 5 of their 17 in total here at home. How will they do versus Gorica?
- Istra 1961 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Gorica is in the worst form (0-2-4)
Gorica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. HNL game only four sleeps ago.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Istra 1961's struggle is real here at Stadion Aldo Drosina with only 5 points collected from 6 1. HNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
Istra are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Istra 1961 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rijeka's place. The match ended 1-0 with Erceg scoring. At last, a league victory after four matches without one. Hujber, defender, was given a rating of 7.91/10 in that game, top of the team. Hujber served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that, Istra 1961 drew at home versus Sibenik.This is expected to be a close game, with Istra 1961 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Istra as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Istra 1961 has won 3 of these, drawn 0 and lost 3.
The manager García will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rudes in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Istra 1961 here at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). 7 goals have been conceded.
Gorica form and stats
There's been little loot from Gorica's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the 1. HNL. Gorica only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Gorica are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run.
Gorica played 1-1 against Slaven Koprivnica in their previous match. Midfield player Francois was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Francois hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 39 total).
A 1-3 defeat away at Hajduk Split before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gorica playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Gorica wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
As for defending, Gorica rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Istra 1961 have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when playing Gorica.This is what happened when the participants met earlier this season; Gorica - Istra 1961 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Erceg 6 goals |   T. Fruk 3 goals | V. Petković 2 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Gorica missing players
| Istra 1961 | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 86% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 40% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 43% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 2.9 | 4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 2.6 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9 | 9.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 27% | 19% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 24% |
| 10 | 9.7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 10.9 | 9.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
- All of Gorica's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gorica have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gorica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gorica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gorica have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Gorica have the fewest points (2) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica have the the worst goal difference (-12) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have yet to win a game away.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gorica is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Istra 1961 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Osijek | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 24 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Istra 1961 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 14 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 15 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 10 | Gorica | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 7 |
