Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Rijeka Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Lokomotiva Zagreb

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Lokomotiva Zagreb will be wanting a better result here after the 0-1 Prva Liga losing effort in their last game against Dinamo Zagreb.

In that game, Lokomotiva Zagreb managed 42% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Dinamo Zagreb had 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. Sandro Kulenović (60') scored for Dinamo Zagreb.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that quality has been evident in the Lokomotiva Zagreb defence. Lokomotiva Zagreb have been miserly, with the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last six outings standing at 3.

Their previous form shows that Lokomotiva Zagreb:

• have not beaten Rijeka in their previous 6 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Rijeka

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Rijeka go into this meeting following on from a 3-0 Prva Liga win against Gorica in their last fixture.

In that match, Rijeka managed 63% possession and 28 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Rijeka, the goals were scored by Marko Pjaca (68'), Mirko Marić (80') and Bruno Goda (89'). For their opponents, Gorica had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring Rijeka has been evident of late. Looking at their last six games shows that this has occurred 6 times. In these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal tally of 0 and Rijeka have scored 13. Historical results aside, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

Taking a look at their past results, Rijeka:

• are undefeated by Lokomotiva Zagreb in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 16/10/2022 reveals that these encounters have been miserable for Lokomotiva Zagreb. They’ve not managed to get any wins at all while Rijeka have been the better of the two, finishing as winners in 83% of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 3 for Lokosi and 14 coming from Riječki bijeli. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The last league encounter between the two was Prva Liga match day 23 on 17/02/2024 when it finished Rijeka 4-0 Lokomotiva Zagreb.

In that match, Rijeka managed 44% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Bruno Bogojević (9', 31'), Veldin Hodža (85') and Alen Grgić (91').

At the other end, Lokomotiva Zagreb got 6 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Igor Pajač.

📰 Team News: Lokomotiva Zagreb

The Lokomotiva Zagreb boss Silvijo Čabraja has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

📰 Team News: Rijeka

Owing to a completely healthy squad to pick from, the Rijeka manager Željko Sopić has no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

💭 Prediction

In our opinion, Lokomotiva Zagreb have enough to breach the defence of this Rijeka outfit, but a single goal possibly won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We therefore reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 victory for Rijeka at the end of the match. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 13:01 25/04/2024