It's clean hands in 3. HNL - West - the first match of the season. Read this full preview and see how Novigrad and Naprijed Hreljin did in their pre-season friendlies!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Novigrad form and stats
Disaster struck Novigrad last season as they could not defend their status as a 3. HNL - Istok team. With 21 defeats from 34 games, and only 10 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Novigrad are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W7 D1 L9.
Naprijed Hreljin form and stats
Let's have a look at how Naprijed Hreljin performed last season in the 3. HNL - West: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 17/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former six meetings): Novigrad won three games, zero matches ended with a tie and Naprijed Hreljin managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fiveNovigrad missing players
Naprijed Hreljin missing players
| Novigrad | Naprijed Hreljin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 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% |
| Novigrad | Last season | Naprijed Hreljin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | ||
| 45 | 12 | Conceded | C | 32 | 48 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 81% | ||
| 58% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 42% | ||
| 35% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 27% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 62% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 38% | ||
| 19% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 23% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 38% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.6 | ||
| 5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 10% | 5% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Buje | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Crikvenica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Grobničan Čavle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jadran Porec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Krk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Naprijed Hreljin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Nehaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Novigrad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pazinka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Pomorac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Rudar Labin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Uljanik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Vinodol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |