📊 Form Guide
Istra 1961 LWLWDW
Istra will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-0 Prva Liga victory against Varaždin.
In that game, Istra 1961 had 49% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Istra 1961 was Stjepan Lončar (64'). Varazdin had 18 shots at goal with 6 on target.
Over their past 6 fixtures, Oriol Riera's Istra 1961 have hit the back of the net 5 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.
Coming into this clash, Istra 1961 have not been beaten in their last 15 home league matches. Incredible, really.
Hajduk Split WDLLWW
Hajduk Split will go into the game following a 0-1 Prva Liga win with the eclipse of Vukovar 1991 in their last outing.
The only scorer from Hajduk Split was Rokas Pukštas (77').
A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Hajduk Split has been fairly consistent of late. Examining their last six meetings shows that this has happened 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal total of 6 while Hajduk Split have scored 7.
Taking a look at their past results, Hajduk Split:
- have not beaten Istra 1961 when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
- remain undefeated by Istra 1961 in away games against them for the last 4 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 12/05/2024, neither club has come out on top overall with Istra winning 1 of those games, Hajduk Split 1 and 4 being drawn in normal time.
A total of 12 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from Verudeži and 6 belonging to Bili. That is an average goals per game value of 2.
The previous league encounter between these sides was Prva Liga match day 1 on 03/08/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Hajduk Split 2-1 Istra 1961.
On that occasion, Hajduk Split managed 58% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Yassine Benrahou (45') and Abdoulie Sanyang (86').
Istra 1961 had 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Smail Prevljak (48') scored.
The referee was Patrik Kolarić.
ℹ️ Team News: Istra
The Istra boss Oriol Riera will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game with a completely healthy group available for selection.
📋 Team News: Hajduk Split
Owing to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Hajduk Split boss Gonzalo García has zero fitness concerns at all coming into this match.
⚡ Prediction
Here, we’re thinking that Istra 1961 could find themselves up against it to put one past this Hajduk Split outfit who we think should gain the upper hand.
We therefore see a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 advantage for Hajduk Split when the referee blows for full-time.
We’re expecting it to be that close.
Victor Martins, 10:20 19/10/2025