National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bijelo Brdo or Rijeka that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bijelo Brdo nor Rijeka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bijelo Brdo form and stats
Last season their Croatia Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The 2. HNL results playing at home this season for Bijelo Brdo are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Dobrijević was the last player to score a league goal for Bijelo Brdo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bijelo Brdo haven't scored in 244 minutes.
Bijelo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Rudes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 2. HNL.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bijelo Brdo as they are travelling to their away game against Vukovar in the 2. HNL. That match is three days after this one.
Bijelo has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Bijelo Brdo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion BSK in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka was sent out of Croatia Cup in the final last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Rijeka, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Varaždin last time out. The attacker Vrančić got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Vrančić hit ten key passes.
The game before that, in the 1. HNL, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Istra 1961.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dinamo Zagreb in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rijeka have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. As opposed to that, Rijeka have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Čikvar 3 goals |   H. Vučkič 3 goals | M. Frigan 3 goals |
Bijelo Brdo missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Bijelo Brdo | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 26 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 10.9 | ||
| 5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 25% | ||
| 11.1 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 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 | Rudes | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 2 | Cibalia | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Vukovar | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Solin | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Dugopolje | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Dubrava Zagreb | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Inter Zapresic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jarun | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Croatia Zmijavci | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 9 | Kustosija | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Orijent 1919 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | Bijelo Brdo | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 38 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Osijek | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 25 |
| 5 | Varaždin | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Istra 1961 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Rijeka | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 9 | Šibenik | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
| 10 | Gorica | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
