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Rijeka will do battle with visiting opponents Gorica at Stadion HNK Rijeka in this Prva Liga game on Sunday.
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📊 Form Guide
Rijeka
WWWWWW 💯
Rijeka are hoping to win again following the 0-2 Prva Liga victory over Istra 1961.
In that game, Rijeka managed 57% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Rijeka, the goals were scored by Toni Fruk (30') and Bruno Goda (84'). On the other side, Istra 1961 got 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.
Rijeka haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They have claimed a sum of 12 during that period and have conceded a total of 0. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend will persist in this upcoming match or not.
Their past results show that Rijeka:
- have not lost a league tie with Gorica in their last 3 games.
- have not been beaten in their last 6 league matches at home.
Gorica
LLDWDL
After suffering a loss in their previous game against Dinamo Zagreb in Prva Liga action, Gorica will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Gorica managed 37% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Dinamo Zagreb got 20 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Sandro Kulenović (13') and Marko Bulat (88') scored for Dinamo Zagreb.
The stats don’t lie, and Gorica have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals in all. In defence, Gorica have clearly had some problems.
Their past results show that Gorica:
- haven't won against Rijeka when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A look at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/10/2022 tells us that Rijeka have won 5 of them & Gorica 1, with the number of drawn games being 0.
A sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 10 for Riječki bijeli and 3 for Gorica. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The last league fixture between the two was Prva Liga match day 22 on 11/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Gorica 0-2 Rijeka.
In that game, Gorica managed 44% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.
On the other side, Rijeka had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Jorge Obregón (66', 75') was the scorer.
The referee was Duje Strukan.
📋 Team News: Rijeka
The Rijeka manager Željko Sopić will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match owing to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from.
🗞️ Team News: Gorica
Due to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Gorica boss Rajko Vidović has no fitness worries to report ahead of this match.
🧠 Prediction
We believe that Gorica will likely be able to put a goal past this Rijeka outfit, however it might not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We can see a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Rijeka after 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 17:03 21/04/2024
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🏟️ Team Focus:
Rijeka
Formed: 1906
Stadium: Stadion HNK Rijeka (8,191)
Captain: Nediljko Labrović
Chairman: Damir Mišković
Manager: Željko Sopić
Competitions: Prva Liga position 1, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
⭐ Key Man: Marco Pašalić
Mostly played in the Right Wing position, Marco Pašalić was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. After having made a senior debut playing for Borussia Dortmund II in the 2021 - 2022 season, the skilful Forward has netted 6 league goals in this HNL 2023 - 2024 campaign so far from a total of 27 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 69 | WWWWW |
2 |
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30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 68 | WWWWW |
3 |
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31 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 58 | LLLLW |
4 |
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31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 45 | LWWWL |
5 |
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31 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | WWDDW |
6 |
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30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 35 | LDWDL |
7 |
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30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | -8 | 33 | WLWLL |
8 |
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31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -23 | 31 | DDLLW |
9 |
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31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 30 | LLLWL |
10 |
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30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | -54 | 7 | LLLLL |
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Hajduk Split |
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Slaven Belupo |
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NK Osijek |
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Dinamo Zagreb |
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Hajduk Split |
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NK Osijek |
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Varaždin |
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Lokomotiva Zagreb |
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NK Osijek |
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Goals scored | 2.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 39 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 6-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Niko Janković | 7 |
Franjo Ivanović | 6 |
Marco Pašalić | 6 |
Marko Pjaca | 6 |
Veldin Hodža | 5 |
Tim Matavž | 5 |
Sven Blummel | 3 |
Ante Matej Jurić | 3 |
Josip Mitrović | 3 |
Nikola Vujnović | 3 |
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Dinamo Zagreb |
Varaždin |
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NK Osijek |
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Slaven Belupo |
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