Slaven Koprivnica have travelled here for an engaging duel versus the hosts Rijeka. Get ready for the match with this thorough 1. HNL preview!
- Slaven Koprivnica have the most clean sheets (4) in 1. HNL
It's no vacation for neither Rijeka nor Slaven Koprivnica 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
0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Rijeka have to build on here at Stadion HNK Rijeka in the 1. HNL.
The Rijeka crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Slaven Koprivnica here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. Midfield player Selahi got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Selahi hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 38 successful passes (of 41 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lokomotiva Zagreb (1-3).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 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats (from 7 games).
Early season league goal statistics from Rijeka's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Slaven Koprivnica form and stats
The seven points Slaven Koprivnica have gathered from their first three away trips in the 1. HNL is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Koprivnica goalkeeper Antun Markovic is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Slaven Koprivnica, whose manager Zekić could celebrate last time after the win against Rijeka. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Zekić when Crnac scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. Goalkeeper Marković got the top player rating of the team with 7.42/10. Marković topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Sibenik.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Slaven Koprivnica playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Slaven Koprivnica as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Rijeka - Slaven Koprivnica 0-1 was the score in these participants' last H2H match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Rijeka wins - draws - Slaven Koprivnica wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Obregón Rojas 1 goals | B. Karrica 1 goals | M. Frigan 1 goals |
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| Rijeka | Slaven Koprivnica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 3.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | 11 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 12% | 14% |
| 13 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.8 |
- Slaven Koprivnica have the most clean sheets (3) away in 1. HNL
- Slaven Koprivnica have the most clean sheets (4) in 1. HNL
- Slaven Koprivnica have the most points (7) away in 1. HNL
| Rijeka | Last season | Slaven Koprivnica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 71 | 35 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 51 | 23 | Conceded | C | 30 | 54 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 78% | ||
| 67% | 72% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 17% | ||
| 25% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 61% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 58% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 17% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Slaven Koprivnica | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 8 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Sibenik | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Gorica | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Osijek | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
