📊 Form Guide

Rijeka

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Rijeka head into this game coming off the back of a 0-0 Prva Liga drawn match against Istra 1961.

In that match, Rijeka had 50% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Istra 1961 had 11 shots at goal with 2 of them 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 go into this meeting following on from a 2-0 Prva Liga win to defeat NK Osijek in their last fixture.

In that game, Gorica managed 40% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Gorica, the goals were scored by Bruno Bogojević (5') and Ante Erceg (12'). At the other end, Osijek had 16 shots on goal with 5 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 look at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 30/11/2024 tells us that Rijeka have won 4 of them & Gorica 1, with the number of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from Riječki bijeli and 6 netted by Gorica. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Prva Liga match day 27 on 22/03/2026 when the final score was Gorica 4-0 Rijeka.

On that occasion, Gorica had 43% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Ante Erceg (12') and Bruno Bogojević (52', 70', 76').

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

The referee was Duje Strukan.

📰 Team News: Rijeka

There is just the sole fitness concern for the Rijeka manager Víctor Sánchez to contend with due to a largely intact squad. Téo Barišić (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out. Dimitri Legbo will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

✨ 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, 01:05 23/05/2026