📏 Form Guide

Rijeka

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Rijeka will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 2-0 Prva Liga losing effort in their last game against Istra 1961.

In that match, Rijeka had 45% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. Istra 1961 got 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Salim Fago Lawal (28') and Vinko Rozić (70') scored for Istra 1961.

Radomir Đalović's Rijeka have managed to score 7 times in their preceding 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games amounts to 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Rijeka:

• have not been beaten in the league by NK Osijek in their previous 3 games.
• are undefeated in their last 4 home league matches.

NK Osijek

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After a loss in their previous game against Gorica in Prva Liga action, NK Osijek and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, NK Osijek had 57% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Gorica had 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Adrion Pajaziti (30') was the scorer for Gorica.

Looking at their form, and NK Osijek have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals overall. At the back, NK Osijek just haven’t been too solid at all.

Their past results show that NK Osijek:

• haven't beaten Rijeka when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are without a win away from home in their last 9 matches in the league. It's not a good run at all.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 02/12/2023 shows that Rijeka have won 3 of these games and NK Osijek 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

In all, 11 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 8 for Riječki bijeli and 3 created by Bijelo-plavi. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Prva Liga match day 22 on 16/02/2025 when it ended NK Osijek 0-2 Rijeka.

That day, NK Osijek managed 62% possession and 16 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Rijeka had 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Duje Čop (15') and Niko Janković (37') scored.

The referee was Mateo Erceg.

ℹ️ Team News: NK Osijek

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness issue for the NK Osijek boss Simon Rožman to be concerned about. Anton Matkovic (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Rijeka have it within them to score at least once against NK Osijek, who will be up against it to score.

Accordingly, we see a decent 2-0 victory for Rijeka when the full-time whistle blows.

Andre Moura, 17:06 23/04/2025