Betting prediction and preview: Rijeka fancied to be better team when visiting Istra 1961

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Aldo Drosina (8923 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Aldo Drosina haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Istra 1961 languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Rijeka will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Istra 1961 form and stats

When playing at home in the 1. HNL, Istra 1961 have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

Istra 1961 lost their last game at Dinamo Zagreb (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Istra 1961 drew at home versus Osijek.

There will be little rest for Istra 1961 after this match as they are travelling to Udarnik Kurilovec for a Croatia Cup game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Istra 1961 in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Istra 1961's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rijeka form and stats

Things could have gone better for Rijeka in their 1. HNL away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

There were no winners in Rijeka's previous match, a 1. HNL home game that ended 1-1 vs Inter Zaprešić (placed 9th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Gent in the Europa League.

It's early days yet, but Rijeka has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 2 - 7 (Istra 1961 wins - draws - Rijeka wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Ćuže
6 goals / 1 assists
A. Čolak
3 goals
R. Murić
2 goals

Istra 1961 missing players

Rijeka missing players

Istra 1961 Rijeka
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs low Away Total
8 3 0 Played 0 2 6
2 1 0 Won 0 1 3
2 1 0 Drew 0 0 2
4 1 0 Lost 0 1 1
9 5 0 Scored 0 1 8
12 4 0 Conceded 0 2 6
88% 67% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 0% 50% 83%
38% 67% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
38% 67% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 17%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 67% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 67%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 50% 17%
38% 33% 0% Failed to Score 0% 50% 17%
 
4.5 6.3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4 3.7
6.8 7 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5.5 3.8
1.9 2.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.5 2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Istra 1961 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Istra 1961
All Arena Cup 1. HNL Croatia Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-08-19 1 Lokomotiva Zagreb 4 - 1 Istra 1961
17-08-19 1 Istra 1961 2 - 3 Slaven Koprivnica
25-08-19 1 Gorica 1 - 1 Istra 1961
31-08-19 1 Istra 1961 0 - 0 Osijek
13-09-19 1 Dinamo Zagreb 1 - 0 Istra 1961
22-09-19 1 Istra 1961 17:00 Rijeka
25-09-19 CC Udarnik Kurilovec 13:30 Istra 1961
29-09-19 1 Istra 1961 17:00 Hajduk Split
04-10-19 1 Istra 1961 16:00 Inter Zaprešić
19-10-19 1 Varaždin - Istra 1961
Rijeka
All 1. HNL Europa League Croatia Cup Club Friendlies Atlantic Cup
All Home Away
15-08-19 EL Aberdeen 0 - 2 Rijeka
18-08-19 1 Rijeka 1 - 1 Osijek
22-08-19 EL Gent 2 - 1 Rijeka
29-08-19 EL Rijeka 1 - 1 Gent
01-09-19 1 Rijeka 1 - 1 Inter Zaprešić
15-09-19 1 Rijeka 17:00 Hajduk Split
22-09-19 1 Istra 1961 17:00 Rijeka
25-09-19 CC Buje 13:30 Rijeka
28-09-19 1 Varaždin 14:30 Rijeka
06-10-19 1 Rijeka 17:00 Lokomotiva Zagreb

  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 7 5 1 1 12 3 3 3 0 0 7 1 4 2 1 1 5 2 9 16
2 Hajduk Split 7 5 0 2 13 3 4 4 0 0 9 0 3 1 0 2 4 3 10 15
3 Osijek 7 3 3 1 8 5 4 3 1 0 6 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 3 12
4 Gorica 8 3 3 2 11 10 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 12
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 8 3 2 3 13 11 3 2 0 1 10 3 5 1 2 2 3 8 2 11
6 Rijeka 6 3 2 1 8 6 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 11
7 Istra 1961 8 2 2 4 9 12 3 1 1 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 4 8 -3 8
8 Slaven Koprivnica 8 2 1 5 9 21 3 1 1 1 3 5 5 1 0 4 6 16 -12 7
9 Inter Zaprešić 8 1 3 4 10 14 5 1 1 3 7 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 -4 6
10 Varaždin 7 0 3 4 7 15 3 0 1 2 2 7 4 0 2 2 5 8 -8 3

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