Rijeka perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Lokomotiva Zagreb can look both up and down from their 4th position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rijeka form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion HNK Rijeka as Rijeka have scored 23 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the 1. HNL are 8-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Dinamo Zagreb here at Stadion HNK Rijeka, Rijeka has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Rijeka shared the glory with Varaždin in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Istra 1961.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rijeka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Rijeka in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Lokomotiva Zagreb form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the 1. HNL. It’s been three wins in a row for Lokomotiva Zagreb on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Lokomotiva won their last game, 1-0 versus Dinamo Zagreb played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Osijek.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager G. Tomić when Marko Tolić scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 53rd minute.
We have checked recent matches where Lokomotiva have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were zero victories, one draw and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lokomotiva as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Lokomotiva Zagreb in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Lokomotiva Zagreb - Rijeka 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Rijeka, one draw and three wins for Lokomotiva Zagreb. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 13 goals |   L. Kastrati 9 goals | M. Uzuni 9 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Lokomotiva Zagreb missing players
| Rijeka | Lokomotiva Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 45 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 42 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 29 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 82% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 54% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 50% |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 39% |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 312 | 151 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 99 | 257 |
| 125 | 64 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 34 | 105 |
| 36% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 40% |
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Lokomotiva Zagreb has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Rijeka has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
- 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 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 51 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 51 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 49 |
| 5 | Osijek | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | Gorica | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -5 | 39 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -20 | 27 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -24 | 19 |
| 9 | Varaždin | 28 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -25 | 18 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 28 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -27 | 17 |