Season ticket holders at Stadion Aldo Drosina haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Istra 1961 languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Rijeka will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Istra 1961 has the fewest scored goals (11) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in 1. HNL
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Istra 1961 form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Istra 1961, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in 1. HNL, have to build on here at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the 1. HNL.
The Istra 1961 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Slaven Koprivnica in 1. HNL and win 2-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Gorica.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Istra 1961 as they are travelling to their away game against Osijek in the 1. HNL. That match is three days after this one.
Istra aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Istra have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Rijeka form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rijeka so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
Rijeka play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Varazdin (placed 7th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dinamo Zagreb at their stadium, the result 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gorica in just four days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rijeka have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rijeka - Istra 2-1 entered in the official records. Istra-Rijeka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Istra 1961 zero wins, Rijeka nine wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Andrijašević 5 goals |   M. Vuk 4 goals | J. Špoljarić 3 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Istra 1961 | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 25 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 85% |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 54% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6.8 | 6 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 19% | 26% |
- Istra 1961 has the fewest scored goals (11) in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 has the the worst goal difference (-14) in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Istra 1961 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| 2 | Osijek | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Gorica | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 7 | Varazdin | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 8 | Sibenik | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 12 |