VELIKA GORICA. Šibenik was in the end too good for Gorica with the goal of D. Cop was the star player of the match after he scored in the 43rd and 90th minute. Duje Cop (43′), I. Dolček (64′) and Duje Cop (90′ pen).

The match was played at the ŠRC Velika Gorica stadium in Velika Gorica on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Tihomir Pejin with the help of Sanja Rođak-Karšić and Ivan Janić. The 4th official was Goran Pečarić. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 2.3 degrees Celsius or 36.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gorica was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Šibenik that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gorica had a more offensive attitude with 90 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Šibenik was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Gorica shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Šibenik shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Gorica received 2 yellow cards (Momcilo Raspopovic and F. Mrzljak). On the opposite side, Šibenik received 1 yellow card (D. Čanađija).

Standings

After playing this match, Gorica will stay with 9 points to sit in the 10th place. On the other side, Šibenik will have 16 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Gorica will play away with Dinamo Zagreb on the 3rd of June with a 16-1 head to head record in favor of Dinamo Zagreb (2 draws).

Šibenik will host Gorica on the 15th of April with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Gorica – Formation

Gorica started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Igor Angelovski decided to play with the following team: Ivan Banić (6.1), Momčilo Raspopović (7.0), Matthew Steenvoorden (7.5), Slavko Bralić (7.1), Krešimir Krizmanić (6.9), Joey Suk (6.7), Filip Mrzljak (7.4), Jurica Pršir (7.4), Ivan Tomečak (6.8), Tim Matavž (7.2) and Kristian Fućak (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Karlo Žiger, Božidar Radošević, Robert Ćosić, Matúš Vojtko, Edin Julardžija (6.8), Josip Mitrović, Vinko Skrbin, Luka Kapulica, Valentino Majstorović (7.0), Merveil Ndockyt, Nikola Vujnović and Vinko Petković (6.8).

Substitutions

Gorica made 3 changes: Joey Suk for Edin Julardžija (46′), Momcilo Raspopovic for Valentino Majstorović (46′) and Kristian Fucak for Vinko Petković (55′).

Best player: Matthew Steenvoorden​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gorica was Matthew Steenvoorden.

His rating is (7.5) with 47 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

Šibenik – Formation

Šibenik started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Damir Canadi played with: Lovre Rogić (8.1), Zoran Kvržić (7.2), Stefan Perić (7.6), Mislav Matić (7.6), Marcos Mina (7.2), Dario Čanađija (6.4), Juan Mesa (8.0), Haruki Arai (6.8), Ivan Dolček (6.7), Amer Hiroš (6.4) and Duje Čop (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Antonio Đaković, Josip Kvesić (6.2), Viktor Damjanić, Doni Grdić, Nikola Đorić, Dino Skorup, Ivan Krolo, Niko Rak, Karlo Špeljak, Marko Đira (6.3) and Dejan Radonjić (6.1).

Šibenik could not rely on the presence of Josip Kvesic (injured).

Substitutions

Šibenik made 4 changes: David Mina for Josip Kvesić (63′), Amer Hiros for Dejan Radonjić (67′), D. Čanađija for Marko Gjira (67′) and I. Dolček for Nikola Đorić (88′).

Best player: Lovre Rogić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Šibenik was the goalkeeper: Lovre Rogić. His rating is 8.13. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.​

• Gorica – Šibenik – 0-3
• Hajduk Split – Rijeka – 1-2