📊 Form Guide

Istra 1961

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Istra will be hoping for a better result following the 4-1 Prva Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb.

Paolo Tramezzani's Istra 1961 have netted 5 times over their prior half-dozen outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same games stands at 8.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Istra 1961:

• have not beaten Rijeka in their last 5 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Rijeka

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Rijeka come into this meeting following a 1-0 Prva Liga win with the downing of Hajduk Split in their last outing.

A series of effective performances by the Rijeka defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 1 from their last 6 outings combined. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 10.

Their previous form shows that Rijeka:

• have not been beaten by Istra 1961 in games played away from home for the previous 12 league games. A fantastic record for the visitors.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 29/10/2022 tells us that Istra have won 1 of them and Rijeka 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.

A total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 for Verudeži and 14 being from Riječki bijeli. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Prva Liga match day 21 on 04/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Rijeka 3-0 Istra 1961.

In that match, Rijeka managed 57% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Veldin Hodža (10'), Niko Janković (34') and Mirko Marić (74').

On the other side, Istra 1961 got 2 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Ante Čulina.

📰 Team News: Istra

The Istra boss Paolo Tramezzani has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this match with a fully injury-free group ready to go.

📰 Team News: Rijeka

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Rijeka boss Željko Sopić has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Istra 1961 will need to apply a lot of pressure to hit the back of the net against this Rijeka side who will likely score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning score for Rijeka at the end of this game.

A close call.

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Peter Guest, 16:01 14/04/2024