Faithful supporters at Stadion HNK Rijeka haven’t watched many wins this season, with Rijeka decaying in the 9th spot. The opposing Varaždin will attempt to defend their higher league spot in this fixture.
- Rijeka have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in 1. HNL
- Varaždin have not yet lost a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Rijeka nor Varaždin 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 have played three 1. HNL home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Rijeka are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadion HNK Rijeka, having lost their two previous games here.
The Rijeka regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadion HNK Rijeka: A 1-2 defeat against Varaždin (placed 4th). The attacking player Ampem was announced as "man of the match" for Rijeka with the rating of 7.64/10. Ampem hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Istra 1961 that finished 1-1.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).
Rijeka have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. 4 goals have been conceded.
Varaždin form and stats
Varaždin are happy with their away performances in the 1. HNL so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Varaždin, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Rijeka (placed 9th) last time out. That win felt good as this club had gone four league rounds without victory. Defender Belcar was the best team player with a rating of 7.3. Belcar won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Sibenik.4 goals have been conceded by Varaždin in these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides played each other earlier this match year: Rijeka - Varaždin 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rijeka seven wins, one draw and Varaždin two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Šego 3 goals |  F. Brodić 2 goals |  J. Obregón Rojas 1 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Varaždin missing players
| Rijeka | Varaždin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 11.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 26% |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 4.6 |
- All of Varaždin's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Rijeka have the fewest points (1) at home in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have yet to win a game at home.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Varaždin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Varaždin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Varaždin have not yet lost a game away.
- Varaždin have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Varaždin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Varaždin 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Slaven Koprivnica | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Varaždin | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 6 | Sibenik | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Gorica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Rijeka | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Osijek | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
