Rijeka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Dinamo Zagreb.
It's no vacation for neither Rijeka nor Dinamo Zagreb as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Dinamo have already won the 1. HNL. Congratulations! It will be interesting to see if this affects performances here at the final stages.
Rijeka form and stats
8 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Rijeka have to build on here at Stadion HNK Rijeka in the 1. HNL. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Rijeka to get some points in this home game.
Rijeka lost their last game at Osijek (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Rijeka lost 1-2 at home to Gorica.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rijeka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost zero.
Rijeka have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion HNK Rijeka with 26 goals in 16 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (58) in 1. HNL, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 2 draws and only 4 losses in the 1. HNL.
The Dinamo goalkeeper Daniel Zagorac is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 311 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Dinamo, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Inter Zapresic (placed 10th) in the 1. HNL last time out. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Osijek.
Dinamo Zagreb are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 16 away games so far. Dinamo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Dinamo Zagreb - Rijeka 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Rijeka victories, two draws and four Dinamo Zagreb wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 13 goals |   M. Oršić 12 goals |  D. Kądzior 10 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Rijeka | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 48 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 28 | 58 |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 91% |
| 78% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 53% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 44% | 41% |
| 31% | 31% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 12% |
| 50% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.8 | 7.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 383 | 194 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 207 | 411 |
| 155 | 82 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 102 | 187 |
| 31% | 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | 31% |
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (20)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (8) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most points (32) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (28) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (58)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals in the first half (27)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+19) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+43)
- Dinamo Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 76 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 57 |
| 3 | Osijek | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 54 |
| 5 | Rijeka | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 52 |
| 6 | Gorica | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | -3 | 46 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 34 | -18 | 34 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -22 | 27 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 29 | -28 | 23 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 31 | -32 | 17 |