📏 Form Guide

Šibenik

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Šibenik prepare for this game following a 1-1 Prva Liga stalemate versus Varaždin.

In that match, Šibenik managed 33% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Šibenik was Ivan Santini (11'). At the other end, Varazdin had 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Mate Antunović (91') scored for Varaždin.

It has been seldom in recent games where Šibenik haven’t conceded. The reality is that Šibenik have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals along the way. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Leading up to this clash, Šibenik:

• have not registered a win against Rijeka in their last 13 league matches. They'll surely be desperate to put an end to that run.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Rijeka

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Rijeka will go into the encounter after a 2-1 Prva Liga win to defeat Gorica in their previous fixture.

In that match, Rijeka had 46% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Rijeka, the goalscorers were Niko Janković (9') and Gabrijel Rukavina (30'). Gorica got 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Tibor Halilović (82') was the scorer for Gorica.

The attacking players from Rijeka have suffered from a shortage of goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Riječki bijeli have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 6.

Leading up to this clash, Rijeka:

• remain undefeated by Šibenik when they've played them away from home in the last 6 matches in the league. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 18/09/2022 reveals that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Šibenik. They’ve not managed to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas Rijeka have maintained the edge over them, getting wins in 67% of those games played.

A combined sum of 10 goals were scored between them in these games, with 2 of them from Šibenik and 8 created by Riječki bijeli. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league clash between these sides was Prva Liga match day 25 on 07/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Rijeka 1-1 Šibenik.

On that occasion, Rijeka had 61% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Toni Fruk (16').

For their opponents, Šibenik had 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Ivan Santini (39') was the scorer.

The referee was Igor Pajač.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Šibenik will need things to go their way to score goals against this Rijeka side who we think will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore predicting a 0-1 winning score for Rijeka at the end of the match.

We’ll see what happens.

Lucas Pereira, 14:03 10/05/2025