Šibenik v Rijeka preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Šubićevac (8000 seats)

It's the first match of the new season for Šibenik and Rijeka. The sheet is empty, the potential infinite.

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Šibenik form and stats

In the previous season, Šibenik's league stats were 9 wins, 5 draws and 22 losses, leading to 8th spot in the 1. HNL. During these 36 matches they scored 46 goals and gave away 75. Performing as the home team in the former season Šibenik delivered 6-1-11 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 37 conceded.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Šibenik, who have participated in three training matches. Šibenik have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Rijeka form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rijeka performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 71 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 36/28 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Rijeka have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Šibenik victory, two draws and seven Rijeka wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Šibenik missing players

Rijeka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Šibenik Rijeka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Šibenik Last season Rijeka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
9 6   Won W   9 20
5 1   Drew D   3 5
22 11   Lost L   6 11
46 25   Scored S   36 71
75 37   Conceded C   28 51
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
92% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 81%
67% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 67%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 36%
19% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 25%
69% 61%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
3% 6%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 25%
28% 33%   Failed to Score F T   22% 17%
 
4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.1
6.2 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
1 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
9.5 10   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10.6
3.9 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 4.9
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 40%
 
14.1 13.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 10.9
6.5 6.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 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 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Osijek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Varazdin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
Last season 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 36 24 7 5 68 22 18 12 4 2 38 11 18 12 3 3 30 11 46 79
2 Hajduk Split 36 21 9 6 64 31 18 12 3 3 29 11 18 9 6 3 35 20 33 72
3 Osijek 36 19 12 5 49 29 18 11 5 2 26 12 18 8 7 3 23 17 20 69
4 Rijeka 36 20 5 11 71 51 18 11 2 5 35 23 18 9 3 6 36 28 20 65
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 12 13 11 55 50 18 9 7 2 31 18 18 3 6 9 24 32 5 49
6 Gorica 36 12 9 15 43 50 18 4 7 7 25 31 18 8 2 8 18 19 -7 45
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 9 9 18 35 54 18 4 6 8 17 24 18 5 3 10 18 30 -19 36
8 Šibenik 36 9 5 22 46 75 18 6 1 11 25 37 18 3 4 11 21 38 -29 32
9 Istra 1961 36 7 10 19 42 67 18 6 2 10 31 35 18 1 8 9 11 32 -25 31
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 36 4 7 25 31 75 18 2 6 10 15 30 18 2 1 15 16 45 -44 19

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Osijek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Varazdin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0

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