📊 Form Guide

Rijeka

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Rijeka enter this match following a 0-0 Prva Liga drawn result vs Istra 1961.

In that match, Rijeka had 50% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Istra 1961 had 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

An interesting characteristic of recent Rijeka games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their prior six matches before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've lost. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Rijeka are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.

Gorica

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Gorica will go into this game following a 2-0 Prva Liga win vs NK Osijek in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Gorica managed 40% possession and 5 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Gorica, the scorers were Bruno Bogojević (5') and Ante Erceg (12'). At the other end, Osijek had 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

During their 6 previous matches, Mario Carević's Gorica have seen their goal attempts be successful 6 times thus yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.

Coming into this meeting, Gorica are winless against Rijeka when they have played them away from home in the previous 7 league games. Not good.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 30/11/2024 tells us that Rijeka have won 4 of these games and Gorica 1, with the number of draws standing at 1.

In all, 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 from Riječki bijeli and 6 created by Gorica. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Prva Liga match day 27 on 22/03/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Gorica 4-0 Rijeka.

In that game, Gorica had 43% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Ante Erceg (12') and Bruno Bogojević (52', 70', 76').

At the other end, Rijeka got 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Duje Strukan.

🗞️ Team News: Rijeka

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the Rijeka boss Víctor Sánchez to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Téo Barišić (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play. Dimitri Legbo is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Gorica will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Rijeka side, but it isn’t expected to be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Rijeka at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 04:06 23/05/2026