Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rudar Labin & Istra 1961 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Croatia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 1. HNL game only three days ago. That game, against Dinamo Zagreb, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Istra 1961.
Rudar Labin form and stats
Last season, Rudar's Croatia Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.Hopes of three in a row are alive for Rudar Labin after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Happy days for Rudar Labin in their previous game, a 3. HNL - Zapad match away at Cres that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Naprijed Hreljin.There will be little rest for Rudar Labin after this match as they are travelling to Crikvenica for a 3. HNL - Zapad game in only three days.
Istra 1961 form and stats
Istra 1961 was sent out of Croatia Cup in the final last season.Istra 1961 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 1-3-3 (7 played). Istra has drawn their two previous away games.
Istra are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Dinamo Zagreb. Ivan Lučić had red hot gloves after the game against Dinamo Zagreb, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made. Ivan Lučić (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.1. Lučić stopped the opponent with eight saves.
Ahead of that match was the 1. HNL away draw versus Gorica that ended 1-1.The attacking power of Istra when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As for defending, Istra rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Rudar wins - draws - Istra 1961 wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bandé 5 goals | D. Dijon 4 goals | M. Perković 1 goals |
Rudar Labin missing players
Istra 1961 missing players
| Rudar Labin | Istra 1961 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 6 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rijeka | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Osijek | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 24 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Gorica | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 9 | Slaven Koprivnica | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 6 |