National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rudeš or Istra 1961 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rudeš and Istra 1961.
Rudeš form and stats
Rudeš participated in Croatia Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Rudeš are steadily winning 2. HNL games and points here at Igralište NK Rudeš. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
The Rudeš goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2. HNL.
A strong away win for Rudeš against Bijelo Brdo the last match, as Liklin were on target.
Ahead of that match, Rudeš won a home game hosting Jarun (3-0).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cibalia are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Rudeš in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Rudeš have conceded only 4 goals.
Istra 1961 form and stats
They also participated in Croatia Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Istra 1961 playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Istra goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Bakrar scored in Istra 1961's previous match, the home game against Gorica that ended 1-0. Bakrar came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gorica last time out, making the manager García feel like a tactical genius. Goalkeeper Majkić got the top player rating of the team with 7.63/10. Majkić topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Istra won their away game at Rijeka in the 1. HNL. The scoreline was 1-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 1. HNL trip to Lokomotiva Zagreb.
The visiting Istra 1961 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Istra in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Rudeš three wins, one draw and Istra 1961 four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Erceg 6 goals |  M. Bakrar 3 goals |  A. Boršić 2 goals |
Rudeš missing players
Istra 1961 missing players
| Rudeš | Istra 1961 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rudeš | 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 | Varazdin | 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 | Sibenik | 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 |
