This could be an interesting match as Šibenik have their presumed home advantage while Gorica are ahead 3 points in the 1. HNL table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Šibenik form and stats
Šibenik have collected 6 points from their 1. HNL home games so far after 2-0-3.
A strong away win for Šibenik against Varazdin the last match, as Deni Jurić (3) were on target. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Rijeka.
What a game it was for Deni Jurić when beating Varazdin, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Šibenik have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost one.
The Šibenik fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. On the other hand, Šibenik have conceded 7 goals.
Gorica form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Gorica, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in 1. HNL, playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season. Gorica has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
There might be some fixture complaints from Gorica as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the 1. HNL match against Dinamo Zagreb (2-3). Prior to that result Gorica won their away game at Sesvete in the Croatia Cup. The scoreline was 4-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Gorica in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Gorica, zero draws and one defeat.
The Gorica manager V. Dambrauskas has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 5 league matches. As for defending, Gorica rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Gorica - Šibenik 3-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Šibenik zero wins, six draws and Gorica four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Mudrinski 6 goals |  K. Lovrić 5 goals |  D. Jurić 4 goals |
Šibenik missing players
Gorica missing players
| Šibenik | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 133 | 69 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 37 | 85 |
| 55 | 24 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 17 | 36 |
| 22% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 71% | 53% |
- All of Gorica's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gorica has the fewest clean sheets (0) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most matches over the total-line (8) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most points from losing position (7) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals (12) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Gorica have scored at least twice as many goals away as Šibenik have scored home.
- Gorica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Šibenik has the most matches under the total-line (7) in 1. HNL
- Šibenik 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 26 |
| 2 | Osijek | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Gorica | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Šibenik | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Hajduk Split | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 8 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -10 | 7 |