National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Šibenik or Gorica that keep their silverware dream alive.
Šibenik have less rest than Gorica in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. HNL game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dinamo Zagreb.
Šibenik form and stats
Last season their Croatia Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 1. HNL this season. Šibenik have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadion Šubićevac.
Šibenik faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dinamo Zagreb (0-3). Rogić had a busy but productive day in the Dinamo Zagreb match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Mesa (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Mesa hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Preceding that match was the home 1. HNL game against Varaždin that was lost 1-2.The match schedule is unforgiving for Šibenik as they have a new game in only four days, a 1. HNL match thankfully also at home. Osijek are visiting.
Šibenik aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Šubićevac in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. Šibenik have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica was sent out of Croatia Cup in the semi-finals last season.Gorica have only collected 2 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 0-2-6 (8 played).
Gorica are travelling again after losing away to Istra 1961 in their previous match (0-1). Korça, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Korça won 4 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Slaven Koprivnica in the 1. HNL.After this away game Gorica return home for a 1. HNL game against Varaždin. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Gorica rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Šibenik wins - draws - Gorica wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Fruk 3 goals |  I. Delić 2 goals |  D. Čop 2 goals |
Šibenik missing players
Gorica missing players
| Šibenik | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 16 | 24 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 22 | 37 | ||
| 76% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 30% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 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 |
