Istra 1961 vs Rijeka

Croatia • HNL • 2026/2027 • Round 13

Istra 1961

17:007 November 2026

Rijeka

Match information

Country: Croatia
Competition: HNL
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 13
Date: 7 November 2026
Kick-off: 17:00
Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina

Prediction

Istra 1961 win45%

Draw23%

Rijeka win32%

Full prediction

Clubs

Istra 1961

Founded: 1964
Country: Croatia
Stadium: Stadion Aldo Drosina
City: Pula
Capacity: 8 923
Surface: grass

Rijeka

Founded: 1946
Country: Croatia
Stadium: Stadion HNK Rijeka
City: Rijeka
Capacity: 8 279
Surface: grass

Recent form

Istra 1961

LWLDW

Rijeka

LLWWL

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
4	Osijek	11	+3	17
5	Rijeka	10	+3	17
6	Istra 1961	11	+1	13
7	Slaven Belupo	11	-9	13

Full standings

Head-to-head

23 August 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 3 : 2 Istra 1961 (Half-time 2 : 0)
17 May 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 0 : 0 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 0)
15 March 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 0 : 2 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 2)
20 January 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 1 : 2 Rijeka (Half-time 1 : 1)
27 September 2025 • HNL • Rijeka 0 : 0 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Istra 1961 win45%

Draw23%

Rijeka win32%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 68%
X2: 55%
12: 77%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 83%
Under 1.5: 17%
Over 2.5: 62%
Under 2.5: 38%
Over 3.5: 40%
Under 3.5: 60%

Both teams to score

Yes: 63%
No: 37%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Istra 1961	Rijeka
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	98%	2%
+2.5 / -2.5	95%	5%
+1.5 / -1.5	86%	14%
+0.5 / -0.5	68%	32%
-0.5 / +0.5	45%	55%
-1.5 / +1.5	24%	76%
-2.5 / +2.5	11%	89%
-3.5 / +3.5	4%	96%
-4.5 / +4.5	1%	99%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Istra 1961: Javi Cabello
Rijeka: Matjaz Kek

Squad - Istra 1961

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Franko Kolic	23	10	0	0	0	7.19
12	Roko Banovac	17	-	-	-	-	-
40	Jan Paus-Kunst	25	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
3	Mohamed Nasraoui	24	8	0	0	0	6.52
4	Raul Kumar	18	8	0	0	0	7.02
13	Niko Sepic	20	10	0	0	1	6.85
16	Samuli Miettinen	22	6	0	0	1	6.71
44	Rene Hrvatin	19	10	0	0	1	6.62
50	Roko Jenjic	17	-	-	-	-	-
66	Mutari Momoh	18	-	-	-	-	-
97	Advan Kadusic	29	7	0	0	0	6.55
Midfielders
5	Demirel Hodzic	21	2	0	0	0	6.55
5	Josip Radosevic	32	-	-	-	-	-
8	Antonio Mauric	22	9	1	0	1	6.73
20	Dukan Ahmeti	19	10	3	4	1	7.15
25	Gustavo Albarracin	20	9	0	0	0	6.87
34	Matija Kablar	18	7	0	0	0	6.50
88	Daouda Doumbia	24	9	0	0	2	6.63
Forwards
7	Vinko Rozic	23	7	0	0	0	6.56
9	Isaac	22	5	0	0	1	6.46
11	Silvio Gorican	26	4	0	0	0	6.52
15	Ebou Sama	18	-	-	-	-	-
22	Emil Frederiksen	26	10	7	3	0	7.54
23	Stipe Ukich	19	3	0	0	2	6.26
24	Ivano Svraka	18	-	-	-	-	-
27	Dominik Celija	20	1	0	0	0	6.90
30	Nik Skafar Zuzic	17	10	2	2	0	7.16
39	Toni Brajkovic	18	-	-	-	-	-
94	Hamza Jaganjac	22	8	4	1	4	7.05

Squad - Rijeka

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Adam Simon	21	-	-	-	-	-
1	Ivan Maric Domagoj	20	-	-	-	-	-
1	Vito Kovac	18	-	-	-	-	-
13	Igor Vekic	28	6	0	0	0	7.06
35	David Nwolokor	30	-	-	-	-	-
99	Aleksa Todorovic	22	3	0	0	0	6.60
Defenders
3	Moreno Zivkovic	22	1	0	0	1	6.30
15	Vanja Malinic	30	-	-	-	-	-
16	Viktor Vesligaj	16	-	-	-	-	-
20	Junior Ligue	21	-	-	-	-	-
20	Marin Grujevic	34	-	-	-	-	-
22	Ante Orec	25	8	0	0	0	6.65
23	Justas Lasickas	29	8	1	1	2	6.82
34	Mladen Devetak	27	7	0	0	0	6.51
45	Ante Majstorovic	32	9	0	0	1	6.85
51	Anel Husic	25	7	0	0	1	6.80
91	Noel Bodetic	22	2	0	0	0	6.70
Midfielders
4	Niko Jankovic	25	8	0	0	1	6.41
5	Alfonso Barco	24	6	0	0	0	6.56
6	Branko Pavic	19	8	0	0	2	7.11
8	Ivan Cubelic	23	9	0	0	2	6.76
10	Toni Fruk	25	9	3	4	0	7.24
11	Ivor Weitzer	38	-	-	-	-	-
14	Amer Gojak	29	8	0	0	0	6.68
19	Samuele Vignato	22	7	3	1	0	7.24
26	Tiago Dantas	25	9	3	2	0	7.53
30	Simon Cletus	18	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
7	Yusuf Kabadayi	22	2	0	0	0	6.45
9	Mohammad Mohebi	27	3	0	0	0	6.40
14	Antonio Pejanovic	35	-	-	-	-	-
15	Goran Grulovic	16	1	0	0	0	6.30
18	Daniel Adu Adjei	21	9	4	3	1	6.98
21	Jakov Puljic	33	6	1	0	2	6.28
77	Ante Juric	23	3	0	0	0	6.43

Head-to-head

Last 10 meetings

Istra 1961 wins3

Draws2

Rijeka wins5

Goals: Istra 1961: 8 (0.8)
Goals: Rijeka: 11 (1.1)
Goals per match: 1.9
Both teams scored: 2 / 10
Over 2.5 goals: 3 / 10

Results

23 August 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 3 : 2 Istra 1961 (Half-time 2 : 0)
17 May 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 0 : 0 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 0)
15 March 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 0 : 2 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 2)
20 January 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 1 : 2 Rijeka (Half-time 1 : 1)
27 September 2025 • HNL • Rijeka 0 : 0 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 0)
19 April 2025 • HNL • Istra 1961 2 : 0 Rijeka (Half-time 1 : 0)
2 April 2025 • Cup • Rijeka 1 : 0 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 0)
9 February 2025 • HNL • Rijeka 0 : 1 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 1)
3 November 2024 • HNL • Istra 1961 0 : 1 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 0)
18 August 2024 • HNL • Rijeka 4 : 0 Istra 1961 (Half-time 3 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Istra 1961	Rijeka
W-D-L	4-3-3	5-2-3
Scored (per match)	19 (1.9)	22 (2.2)
Conceded (per match)	13 (1.3)	11 (1.1)
Clean sheets	3 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	5 / 10	6 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	7 / 10

Recent form - Istra 1961

W30 October 2026 • HNL • Slaven Belupo 0 : 2 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 0)
D26 October 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 2 : 2 Hajduk Split (Half-time 0 : 1)
L17 October 2026 • HNL • Lok. Zagreb 2 : 0 Istra 1961 (Half-time 1 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • HNL • Osijek 1 : 3 Istra 1961 (Half-time 1 : 1)
L19 September 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 0 : 1 Gorica (Half-time 0 : 0)
W13 September 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 3 : 2 Rudes (Half-time 2 : 0)
W8 September 2026 • Cup • Zagorec K. 0 : 5 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 2)
D4 September 2026 • HNL • Varazdin 0 : 0 Istra 1961 (Half-time 0 : 0)
D29 August 2026 • HNL • Istra 1961 2 : 2 Din. Zagreb (Half-time 2 : 1)
L23 August 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 3 : 2 Istra 1961 (Half-time 2 : 0)

Recent form - Rijeka

L27 October 2026 • HNL • Din. Zagreb 2 : 1 Rijeka (Half-time 1 : 0)
W20 October 2026 • Cup • Karlovac 1 : 4 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 3)
W16 October 2026 • HNL • Rudes 1 : 2 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 1)
L11 October 2026 • HNL • Slaven Belupo 4 : 1 Rijeka (Half-time 1 : 1)
L26 September 2026 • Club Friendlies • Rijeka 0 : 1 Union Berlin (Half-time 0 : 1)
W20 September 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 3 : 0 Hajduk Split (Half-time 2 : 0)
W16 September 2026 • Cup • Vrbovec 0 : 6 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 4)
D12 September 2026 • HNL • Lok. Zagreb 1 : 1 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 0)
W5 September 2026 • HNL • Rijeka 4 : 1 Osijek (Half-time 3 : 1)
D31 August 2026 • HNL • Gorica 0 : 0 Rijeka (Half-time 0 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hajduk Split	11	7	2	2	21	11	+10	23
2	Din. Zagreb	10	7	1	2	25	13	+12	22
3	Varazdin	11	5	3	3	15	10	+5	18
4	Osijek	11	5	2	4	19	16	+3	17
5	Rijeka	10	5	2	3	17	14	+3	17
6	Istra 1961	11	3	4	4	19	18	+1	13
7	Slaven Belupo	11	4	1	6	14	23	-9	13
8	Lok. Zagreb	11	3	2	6	13	17	-4	11
9	Rudes	11	3	1	7	14	27	-13	10
10	Gorica	11	1	4	6	7	15	-8	7

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Din. Zagreb	6	6	0	0	15	4	+11	18
2	Hajduk Split	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16
3	Rijeka	4	4	0	0	12	4	+8	12
4	Varazdin	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
5	Osijek	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
6	Slaven Belupo	5	3	0	2	10	11	-1	9
7	Istra 1961	6	2	2	2	12	10	+2	8
8	Lok. Zagreb	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7
9	Rudes	5	1	1	3	8	15	-7	4
10	Gorica	6	0	3	3	4	8	-4	3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hajduk Split	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7
2	Varazdin	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
3	Osijek	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
4	Rudes	6	2	0	4	6	12	-6	6
5	Istra 1961	5	1	2	2	7	8	-1	5
6	Rijeka	6	1	2	3	5	10	-5	5
7	Din. Zagreb	4	1	1	2	10	9	+1	4
8	Gorica	5	1	1	3	3	7	-4	4
9	Lok. Zagreb	7	1	1	5	7	14	-7	4
10	Slaven Belupo	6	1	1	4	4	12	-8	4

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	Dion Beljo	Dinamo Zagreb	12	2	5
1	M. Sego	Hajduk Split	10	0	5
2	Emil Frederiksen	Istra 1961	8	2	4
2	T. Fruk	Rijeka	8	0	10
3	D. Beljo	Din. Zagreb	8	0	0
3	Ilija Nestorovski	Slaven Koprivnica	7	1	2
4	S. Prevljak	Istra 1961	7	0	0
4	A. León	Osijek	6	0	1
5	A. Jagusic	Slaven Belupo	6	0	0
6	A. Hoxha	Din. Zagreb	6	0	0
7	R. Gonzalez	Vukovar 1991	6	0	0
8	A. Stojakovic	Lok. Zagreb	6	0	0
8	N. Omerovic	Osijek	6	0	0
10	J. Puljic	Vukovar 1991	6	0	0
10	S. Kulenovic	Din. Zagreb	6	0	0
5	Michele Sego	Hajduk Split	5	1	0
6	Nail Omerovic	Osijek	5	1	0
7	H. Jaganjac	Istra 1961	5	0	0
12	I. Mamut	Varazdin	5	0	0
13	J. Mitrovic	Slaven Belupo	5	0	0
13	S. Lawal	Istra 1961	5	0	0
8	Adjei Adu	Rijeka	4	0	3
10	Samuele Vignato	Rijeka	4	0	1
14	Dukan Ahmeti	Istra 1961	3	0	4
17	Tiago Dantas	Rijeka	3	1	2
18	Toni Fruk	Rijeka	3	0	4
32	Škafar Žužić Nik	Istra 1961	2	0	2
43	Jakov Puljic	Rijeka	1	0	0
50	Antonio Mauric	Istra 1961	1	0	0