After the first game it's Rijeka - Istra 1961 3-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second 1. HNL game of the season?
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rijeka form and stats
Last season, Rijeka's league statistics were 18 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the 1. HNL. Over these 36 matches they scored 51 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Rijeka managed 8-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 20 conceded. The hosts won their first 1. HNL game here at Stadion HNK Rijeka, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rijeka last season were 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 18 games.
Rijeka's last game was hosting Gorica (placed 9th) and winning 2-0. Midfield player Robert Murić got a match rating of 9.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Murić scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match, Rijeka won a home game hosting Gorica (2-1).At Stadion HNK Rijeka, Rijeka has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Istra 1961 performed last season in the Arena Cup: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 11/29 goals scored/conceded.
Istra had fun at their own home (Stadion HNK Rijeka) last time out, beating Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3-1. Bernardo Matić and Hassane Bandé (2) scored. Attacker Hassane Bandé got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Bandé scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Osijek wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Rijeka victories, one draw and one Istra 1961 wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bandé 2 goals |  I. Lepinjica 1 goals |  R. Murić 1 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Istra 1961 missing players
| Rijeka | Istra 1961 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| Rijeka | Last season | Istra 1961 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 21 | ||
| 51 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 29 | 52 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 81% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 61% | 58% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 14% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 25% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 14% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 42% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Istra 1961 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Gorica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Sibenik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 84 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 56 | 85 |
| 2 | Osijek | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 34 | 77 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 61 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 60 |
| 5 | Gorica | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 59 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 24 | -15 | 35 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 34 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 60 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -31 | 30 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -25 | 29 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 61 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -31 | 28 |