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📏 Form Guide

Rijeka
Rijeka
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Rijeka will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-2 Prva Liga loss in their previous game against Vukovar 1991.

For Rijeka, the goalscorers were Toni Fruk (17'), Ante Majstorović (20' Own goal) and Ante Oreč (43'). Jakov Puljić (56') and Robin González (68') scored for Vukovar 1991.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Rijeka haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Rijeka have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 13 goals in the process.

Pre-game facts show that Rijeka:

  • have not registered a win against Istra 1961 in their last 2 matches in the league.
  • are without a win at home for the past 3 league games.

Istra 1961
Istra 1961
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Istra will go into this match following on from a 2-1 Prva Liga win to defeat NK Osijek in their last outing.

In that match, Istra 1961 had 50% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Istra 1961, the scorers were Antonio Maurić (65') and Mamadou Saydou Bangura (81'). At the other end, Osijek had 20 shots at goal with 3 on target. Nail Omerović (39') was the scorer for NK Osijek.

The stats tell the story, and Istra have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall. At the back, Istra 1961 have not been doing too well. Such a trend might not be sustained here, though.

Heading into this contest, Istra 1961 have not won away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 04/02/2024 shows us that Rijeka have won 4 of them and Istra 2, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

A combined sum of 13 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 of them for Riječki bijeli and 3 belonging to Verudeži. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Prva Liga match day 30 on 19/04/2025 when it ended Istra 1961 2-0 Rijeka.

On that day, Istra 1961 had 55% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Salim Fago Lawal (28') and Vinko Rozić (70').

For their opponents, Rijeka had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Dario Bel.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Istra 1961 will need to put in a solid display to be putting a goal past this Rijeka team who we reckon should manage to score & go ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a very even contest with a 1-0 winning margin for Rijeka at full-time.

Looking forward to this.

Andre Moura, 13:08 27/09/2025

Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.