Soccer match preview: Rijeka confident before travelling to Šibenik

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 17:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Šubićevac (8000 seats)

Rijeka know they are going on a strenuous trip to Šibenik and their Stadion Šubićevac. This article has all the details you require before the fixture.

Insights:
  • Šibenik is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Rijeka have the most scored goals (68) in 1. HNL

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.

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Šibenik form and stats

6-1-10 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. HNL numbers at home for Šibenik, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL, so far this season.

Šibenik suffered an unpredictable loss 3-5 against Rijeka in their previous match, also a home game. A goal frenzy last time out for Šibenik, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Rijeka. Fun stuff to watch! Grezda (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.0/10. Grezda scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Hrvatski Dragovoljac.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Šibenik had similar winning odds as today, and found six games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew one and lost five. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Šibenik lost four similar games by at least two goals.

Šibenik are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games. Šibenik are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (35 from 17 played).

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Rijeka form and stats

9-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rijeka, who have the most scored goals (68) in 1. HNL, in their 1. HNL matches away.

Rijeka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-3 victory visiting Šibenik (placed 8th). A stark raving crazy game with an abundance of goals last time out for Rijeka, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that fixture, will this match be as enjoying? Drmić certainly enjoyed Rijeka's last game versus Šibenik, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-3 victory. Drmić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.8. Drmić scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Osijek.

Rijeka struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Šibenik - Rijeka 3-5 was the product when these contenders last did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Šibenik wins - draws - Rijeka wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RijekaJ. Drmic
J. Drmic
22 goals
RijekaR. Murić
R. Murić
11 goals
ŠibenikA. Marin
A. Marin
8 goals

Šibenik missing players

Rijeka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Šibenik Rijeka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 5 17 33
8 6 1 Won W 3 9 19
5 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
20 10 3 Lost L 1 6 10
43 25 4 Scored S 13 34 68
70 35 8 Conceded C 8 26 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
91% 88% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 82%
67% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 59% 67%
36% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 35% 36%
21% 24% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 27%
70% 65% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 59% 64%
3% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 24%
27% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 15%
 
4.2 3.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.6 4.5 5.3
6.4 6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.2 5.8 5.1
2.1 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.8 10.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.2 10.4
4.1 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 4.8
32% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 39% 43%
 
14.3 13.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 12.4 11.3
6.6 6.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5.5 4.5
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • Rijeka have the most scored goals (34) away in 1. HNL
  • Rijeka have the most scored goals (68) in 1. HNL
  • Rijeka have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in 1. HNL
  • Rijeka have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in 1. HNL
  • Rijeka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Šibenik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Šibenik have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik have the most conceded goals (35) at home in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Šibenik is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 32 21 6 5 59 20 16 10 4 2 32 10 16 11 2 3 27 10 39 69
2 Hajduk Split 33 19 9 5 57 27 17 11 3 3 26 10 16 8 6 2 31 17 30 66
3 Osijek 32 18 10 4 45 23 16 10 4 2 23 10 16 8 6 2 22 13 22 64
4 Rijeka 33 19 4 10 68 46 16 10 2 4 34 20 17 9 2 6 34 26 22 61
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 32 11 11 10 49 44 16 8 6 2 28 16 16 3 5 8 21 28 5 44
6 Gorica 33 11 7 15 37 46 16 4 5 7 21 27 17 7 2 8 16 19 -9 40
7 Slaven Koprivnica 33 9 7 17 31 48 17 4 5 8 15 22 16 5 2 9 16 26 -17 34
8 Šibenik 33 8 5 20 43 70 17 6 1 10 25 35 16 2 4 10 18 35 -27 29
9 Istra 1961 32 6 9 17 35 59 16 5 2 9 27 32 16 1 7 8 8 27 -24 27
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 33 4 6 23 30 71 16 2 5 9 14 27 17 2 1 14 16 44 -41 18

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 32 21 6 5 59 20 16 10 4 2 32 10 16 11 2 3 27 10 39 69
2 Hajduk Split 33 19 9 5 57 27 17 11 3 3 26 10 16 8 6 2 31 17 30 66
3 Osijek 32 18 10 4 45 23 16 10 4 2 23 10 16 8 6 2 22 13 22 64
4 Rijeka 33 19 4 10 68 46 16 10 2 4 34 20 17 9 2 6 34 26 22 61
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 32 11 11 10 49 44 16 8 6 2 28 16 16 3 5 8 21 28 5 44
6 Gorica 33 11 7 15 37 46 16 4 5 7 21 27 17 7 2 8 16 19 -9 40
7 Slaven Koprivnica 33 9 7 17 31 48 17 4 5 8 15 22 16 5 2 9 16 26 -17 34
8 Šibenik 33 8 5 20 43 70 17 6 1 10 25 35 16 2 4 10 18 35 -27 29
9 Istra 1961 32 6 9 17 35 59 16 5 2 9 27 32 16 1 7 8 8 27 -24 27
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 33 4 6 23 30 71 16 2 5 9 14 27 17 2 1 14 16 44 -41 18

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