Rijeka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Gorica.
- Rijeka have the most points from losing position (21) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have the most matches over the total-line (19) in 1. HNL
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.
Gorica are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka have played 17 1. HNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Rijeka in their previous game, a 1. HNL match away at Varaždin (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Sensational by Rijeka last match, beating Varaždin away as big underdogs. Defender Darko Velkovski got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.1/10. Velkovski won 1 of 1 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Slaven Koprivnica and winning 2-0.Rijeka has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.
Gorica form and stats
As the visiting team in 1. HNL matches, Gorica have produced an overall stat of 9-3-5 so far.
A. Jovicic was the last player to score for the away team. Gorica haven't scored a league goal in the last 221 minutes.
The manager S. Oreščanin was unhappy after their last game, a 1. HNL match played at their home ground ŠRC Velika Gorica. Gorica suffered a 0-3 loss to Dinamo Zagreb (placed 1st). Dario Špikić got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Špikić hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Hajduk Split's place.Gorica has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 31 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Gorica have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Gorica - Rijeka 3-4 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Rijeka victory, two draws and seven Gorica wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 15 goals |   F. Andrijašević 12 goals |  O. Mudrinski 9 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Gorica missing players
| Rijeka | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 49 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 31 | 59 |
| 45 | 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 94% | 94% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 80% | 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 74% |
| 49% | 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 59% | 54% |
| 23% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 29% | 31% |
| 14% | 6% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 23% |
| 51% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 65% | 60% |
| 26% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | 26% |
| 29% | 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 12.8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8 | 10.3 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 57% | 39% |
- Gorica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gorica have the fewest matches under the total-line (16) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have the most matches over the total-line (19) in 1. HNL
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rijeka have the most points from losing position (21) in 1. HNL
| 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 | 35 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 83 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 55 | 82 |
| 2 | Osijek | 35 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 33 | 74 |
| 3 | Gorica | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 45 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 59 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 58 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 57 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 23 | -14 | 35 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 35 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -18 | 31 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 35 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -29 | 30 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 29 |
| 10 | Varaždin | 35 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 60 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -30 | 28 |