This has the looks of yet another intriguing contest at Stadion HNK Rijeka in the 1. HNL. Rijeka is in 6th position and host Istra 1961 in 9th spot. Read about the match here!
The hosts Rijeka saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dukagjini, was also a home game here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. The away team is better rested.
Rijeka form and stats
The hosts won their first 1. HNL game here at Stadion HNK Rijeka, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rijeka last season were 6 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 18 games.
Rijeka's previous fixture was a Europa Conference League game also played at their own stadium, finishing 6-1 vs Dukagjini. The home team are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Rijeka lost 0-1 at Hajduk Split's place.Rijeka are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at B36 awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Rijeka at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Istra 1961 form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first 1. HNL away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 3 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Dinamo Zagreb with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Petrusenko was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.0/10. Petrusenko hit one key pass and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).
Before that, Istra 1961 travelled to Lokomotiva Zagreb and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.It's early days yet, but Istra 1961 has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Rijeka wins - draws - Istra 1961 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Janković 2 goals | B. Goda 1 goals | T. Fruk 1 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Istra 1961 missing players
| Rijeka | Istra 1961 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 10 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
| 2.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 57% | 57% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 11.5 | 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Rijeka | Last season | Istra 1961 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Conceded | C | 27 | 38 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 81% | ||
| 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | ||
| 42% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 33% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 6% | ||
| 47% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 33% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 47% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 39% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 31% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Osijek | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Gorica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 6 | Rijeka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Varazdin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Rudes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -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 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 53 | 81 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 65 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 71 |
| 3 | Osijek | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 50 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 49 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -2 | 46 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -10 | 46 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -5 | 43 |
| 8 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -19 | 43 |
| 9 | Gorica | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30 | -14 | 32 |
| 10 | Sibenik | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 56 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -32 | 27 |
