With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Rijeka fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Lokomotiva Zagreb.
It's no vacation for neither Rijeka nor Lokomotiva 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.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka, who have the most points (12) at home in 1. HNL, have collected 12 points from their 1. HNL home games so far after 4-0-0.
The Rijeka fans got no joy from their last match, a Europa League game also here at Stadion HNK Rijeka: A 1-2 defeat against Napoli. Prior to that, an away loss at Sibenik in the 1. HNL.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Rijeka matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from three games).
Goals decide football matches and Rijeka are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Rijeka are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion HNK Rijeka in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (12) away in 1. HNL, are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 1. HNL.
Two away games in a row for Lokomotiva Zagreb, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Osijek in the 1. HNL. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Dinamo Zagreb.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lokomotiva when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Lokomotiva, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lokomotiva Zagreb - Rijeka 1-0. Rijeka-Lokomotiva Zagreb H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rijeka six wins, Lokomotiva Zagreb two wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Andrijašević 3 goals |  S. Kulenovic 2 goals |  R. Murić 1 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Rijeka | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 78% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| 57% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 43% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 33% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | 43 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 37 | 65 |
| 32 | 23 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 25% | 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 35% |
- All of Rijeka's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals (12) away in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the the worst goal difference (-8) away in 1. HNL
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lokomotiva Zagreb have yet to win a game away.
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the most points (12) at home in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rijeka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rijeka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rijeka have won all their matches at home so far.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Osijek | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Gorica | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Hajduk Split | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 7 |