This promises to be another interesting encounter at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the 1. HNL. Istra 1961 is in 7th position and welcome Gorica in 6th place. Read all about the match here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Istra 1961 form and stats
The hosts won their first 1. HNL game here at Stadion Aldo Drosina, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Istra 1961 last season were 6 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from 18 games.
Istra are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Rijeka. Bernardo Matić, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Matić won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Istra won a home game hosting Hrvatski Dragovoljac (3-1).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Istra 1961 at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the 1. HNL were 9 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 18 fixtures.
Gorica won their last game, 3-1 versus Sibenik played at home. Midfield player Kristijan Lovrić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.85/10. Lovrić hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times. Goalkeeper Ivan Banić was absolutely vital in the Gorica victory against Sibenik, making six saves.
Prior to that match, the Gorica manager K. Rendulić faced defeat when travelling to Rijeka and losing 0-2.0 goals so far away for Gorica, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Istra, seven draws and three wins for Gorica. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bandé 2 goals | B. Matić 1 goals |  H. Babec 1 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Gorica missing players
| Istra 1961 | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 33% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| Istra 1961 | Last season | Gorica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 32 | 60 | ||
| 52 | 23 | Conceded | C | 23 | 47 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 58% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 75% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 56% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 31% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 22% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 61% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 25% | ||
| 42% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 19% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 10.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 39% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Gorica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Istra 1961 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Hajduk Split | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 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 | Sibenik | 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 |