Season ticket holders at Stadion Šubićevac haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Šibenik languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Rijeka will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa League game only three days ago. That game, against AZ, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rijeka.
Šibenik form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Šibenik have to build on here at Stadion Šubićevac in the 1. HNL. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Šibenik, their manager K. Rendulić and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Šibenik crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Dinamo Zagreb here at Stadion Šubićevac in a 1. HNL match. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Hajduk Split.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Šibenik here at Stadion Šubićevac in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
Rijeka form and stats
No 1. HNL points yet away for Rijeka, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Rijeka have lost on their last two travels.
Rijeka lost away at AZ (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Real Sociedad.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rijeka are hosting Napoli in the Europa League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Rijeka has scored 0 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Rijeka - Šibenik 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Šibenik wins - draws - Rijeka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Šibenik missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Šibenik | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 109 | 51 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 25 | 68 |
| 44 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 16% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 27% |
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest points (0) away in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest scored goals (0) away in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have failed to score a single goal away.
- Rijeka have lost all their away matches so far.
- Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Šibenik has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. HNL
- Šibenik has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in 1. HNL
- Šibenik has the most matches under the total-line (6) in 1. HNL
- Šibenik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Šibenik have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Šibenik have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rijeka have scored away.
- 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Gorica | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Osijek | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Hajduk Split | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Šibenik | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 6 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 5 |