It's the second chance for points this season as Lokomotiva Zagreb and Rijeka battle it out at Stadion Kranjčevićeva.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
No payout for Lokomotiva in their previous match, an away game at Dinamo Zagreb that ended in defeat 0-6. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rijeka (0-1).
Lokomotiva Zagreb were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rapid Wien are coming to town in three days.
Last season, Lokomotiva Zagreb's league statistics were 19 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Arena Cup. Over these 36 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Lokomotiva Zagreb managed 13-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 16 conceded.
Rijeka form and stats
Robert Murić and Sterling Yateke scored in Rijeka's previous match, the home game against Sibenik that ended 2-1. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Lokomotiva Zagreb in the Croatia Cup.
Let's have a look at how Rijeka performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 7 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 26/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Lokomotiva, two draws and six wins for Rijeka. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Murić 1 goals | ![]() S. Yateke 1 goals |
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Lokomotiva Zagreb | Last season | Rijeka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 57 | 38 | Scored | S | 26 | 58 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 42 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 94% | ||
| 78% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | ||
| 50% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 39% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 39% | 33% | ||
| 31% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 22% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 346 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 210 | 424 | ||
| 143 | 96 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 176 | ||
| 40% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Gorica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Osijek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -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 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 42 | 80 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 65 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 64 |
| 4 | Osijek | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 62 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 60 |
| 6 | Gorica | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 34 | -4 | 49 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -21 | 36 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 35 | -32 | 25 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 36 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 72 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 37 | -40 | 17 |