Istra 1961 have 31 points playing as the home team. Rijeka have brought back 28 points playing away. Should we expect a home win?
- Istra 1961 have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Istra 1961 have collected 18 points from their 1. HNL home games so far after 5-3-3. It’s been three wins in a row for Istra here at Stadion Aldo Drosina, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Lovro Majkic not having conceded a league goal in 233 minutes.
Istra 1961 drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sibenik (placed 9th). Majkić, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. Majkić topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Osijek.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 11 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Istra 1961 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Rijeka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Rijeka on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Rijeka have lots to play for after their shock defeat (0-1) to Slaven Koprivnica in their previous outing, played at their own home ground. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points. Midfielder Banda was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.21. Banda hit six key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Lokomotiva Zagreb.Rijeka have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Rijeka have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rijeka - Istra 0-1 was the end result in these participants' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Istra 1961 wins - draws - Rijeka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Erceg 9 goals |   M. Frigan 7 goals | M. Bakrar 3 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Istra 1961 | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 26 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 32 |
| 82% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 59% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 74% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 48% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 48% |
| 50% | 55% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 26% |
| 36% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 30% |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6.4 | 7 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 39% | 30% |
| 9.9 | 9 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.1 | 11.9 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
- Istra 1961 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Istra 1961 have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have the most clean sheets (6) at home in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 39 | 55 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 44 |
| 3 | Osijek | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 32 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Rijeka | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Gorica | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -20 | 12 |
