Evenly matched teams: Šibenik vs Istra 1961 match preview

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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.

Šibenik form and stats

With {2 1. HNL wins}, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Šibenik, who have the fewest points (7) at home in 1. HNL, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Šibenik drew their last game, also a home match. Varazdin (placed 8th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that, Šibenik played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Rijeka.

This is expected to be a close game, with Šibenik perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Šibenik as a small favourite), we find one game. Šibenik has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Šibenik are traveling soon after this match as the 1. HNL match at Gorica awaits in three days.

Šibenik have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Šibenik defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Istra 1961 form and stats

There's been little loot from Istra 1961's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the 1. HNL. Istra 1961, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in 1. HNL, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row. With the Istra losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The attacking players of Istra have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 322 minutes.

Istra 1961 failed to get anything from their last game, a 1. HNL home match vs Dinamo Zagreb (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, the Istra manager F. Budicin faced defeat when travelling to Hajduk Split and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Istra 1961 in our archives, and the results are: one win for Istra, one draw and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Istra 1961 manager F. Budicin as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rijeka.

The attacking power of Istra when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Istra, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Istra 1961 - Šibenik 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Šibenik victories, three draws and four Istra 1961 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Jurić 7 goals

E. Sahiti 6 goals

M. Vuk 4 goals

Šibenik missing players

Istra 1961 missing players