Football betting preview: Istra 1961 with moderate expectations before welcoming Hajduk Split

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Aldo Drosina (9800 seats)

It's finally time for the 1. HNL season debut for these teams, whom at last are playing for points again. Will Istra 1961 or Hajduk Split get that key first three points?

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Istra 1961 form and stats

The previous season, Istra 1961's league results were 7 wins, 10 draws and 19 losses, leading to 9th position in the 1. HNL. During these 36 matches they scored 42 goals and let in 67. Performing as the host team in the previous season Istra 1961 delivered 6-2-10 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 35 conceded.

Istra 1961 have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Istra 1961 scored 0 goals and let in 2 goals during these one game.

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Hajduk Split form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hajduk Split performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 35/20 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Hajduk Split have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Hajduk Split win, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Istra one win, one draw and Hajduk Split eight victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Istra 1961 missing players

Hajduk Split missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Istra 1961 Hajduk Split
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Istra 1961 Last season Hajduk Split
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
7 6   Won W   9 21
10 2   Drew D   6 9
19 10   Lost L   3 6
42 31   Scored S   35 64
67 35   Conceded C   20 31
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 86%
89% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
61% 78%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 56%
33% 39%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 39%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
64% 78%   BTTS BTTS   56% 47%
14% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 50%
28% 11%   Failed to Score F T   17% 17%
 
3.5 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.7
5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.6
2.8 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.7
6 4   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.9 9.1   Shots (avg) S (   11 12.9
3.5 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5.8
34% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 31%
 
11.3 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 8.1
4.8 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Osijek 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 Gorica 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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 7 5 68 22 18 12 4 2 38 11 18 12 3 3 30 11 46 79
2 Hajduk Split 36 21 9 6 64 31 18 12 3 3 29 11 18 9 6 3 35 20 33 72
3 Osijek 36 19 12 5 49 29 18 11 5 2 26 12 18 8 7 3 23 17 20 69
4 Rijeka 36 20 5 11 71 51 18 11 2 5 35 23 18 9 3 6 36 28 20 65
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 12 13 11 55 50 18 9 7 2 31 18 18 3 6 9 24 32 5 49
6 Gorica 36 12 9 15 43 50 18 4 7 7 25 31 18 8 2 8 18 19 -7 45
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 9 9 18 35 54 18 4 6 8 17 24 18 5 3 10 18 30 -19 36
8 Šibenik 36 9 5 22 46 75 18 6 1 11 25 37 18 3 4 11 21 38 -29 32
9 Istra 1961 36 7 10 19 42 67 18 6 2 10 31 35 18 1 8 9 11 32 -25 31
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 36 4 7 25 31 75 18 2 6 10 15 30 18 2 1 15 16 45 -44 19

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 Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Osijek 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 Gorica 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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