National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rijeka or Osijek that keep their silverware dream alive.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka are steadily winning 1. HNL games and points here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Croatia Cup for Rijeka. Rijeka has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. We remember; it was Dinamo Zagreb.
A nice win for Rijeka last time playing, versus Hajduk Split. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Alexander Gorgon and Antonio Čolak scoring for the victors. Before that, Rijeka had a 1. HNL home game versus Inter Zapresic which ended with a victory 4-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rijeka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Rijeka fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Osijek form and stats
Osijek was sent out of Croatia Cup in the semi-finals last season.Osijek have only collected 8 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 1-5-6 (12 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Croatia Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Osijek are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Osijek are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the 1. HNL against Varazdin. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Varazdin.
Osijek are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Osijek have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. 16 goals have been conceded by Osijek in these games.
Head 2 Head
Rijeka-Osijek H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rijeka four wins, Osijek four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Marić 17 goals |   A. Čolak 12 goals |  A. Gorgon 7 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Osijek missing players
| Rijeka | Osijek | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 27 | 48 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 260 | 165 | Total Shots | T S | 186 | 328 | ||
| 110 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 85 | 142 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 40 | 65 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | Osijek | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 | Gorica | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -8 | 35 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -20 | 26 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -21 | 19 |
| 9 | Inter Zapresic | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 17 |