RIJEKA. Slaven Koprivnica snatched a late win Rijeka 1-0 after A. Crnac scored just 1 goal (85′). Rijeka was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Saturday and it started at 6:10 pm local time. The referee was Igor Pajač with the assistance of Bojan Zobenica and Anto Marić. The 4th official was Goran Pečarić. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rijeka had a superior ball possession 65% while Slaven Koprivnica was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rijeka had a more offensive attitude with 92 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Slaven Koprivnica was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Rijeka shot 18 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Slaven Koprivnica shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Rijeka received 2 yellow cards (Lindon Selahi and Adrian Liber). Regarding the opposition, Slaven Koprivnica received 3 yellow cards (Arbër Hoxha, Talys and Robert Mudrazija).

Standings

After this encounter, Rijeka will stay with 28 points to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Slaven Koprivnica will have 32 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will play away with Gorica on the 22nd of April with a 9-7 head to head statistic in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Slaven Koprivnica will play away agasint Gorica on the 13th of May with a 7-7 head to head stats.

Rijeka – Formation

Rijeka started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Sergej Jakirović decided to play with the following team: Nediljko Labrović (6.3), Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga (7.1), Niko Galešić (6.3), Emir Dilaver (7.0), Andrija Vukčević (7.1), Veldin Hodža (6.7), Lindon Selahi (6.8), Prince Ampem (6.3), Emmanuel Banda (7.2), Antonio Marin (6.8) and Matija Frigan (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Alen Grgić (6.2), Anton Krešić, Ivan Smolčić, Bruno Goda, Niko Janković (6.6), Adrian Liber (7.2), Jorge Obregón (7.0), Mato Stanić and Deni Jurić (6.2).

Substitutions

Rijeka made 5 changes: Lindon Selahi for Niko Janković (46′), Antonio Marin for Adrian Liber (67′), Matija Frigan for Jorge Obregón (67′), Prince Ampem for Alen Grgić (75′) and Veldin Hodza for Stanko Jurić (88′).

Best player: Adrian Liber​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Adrian Liber.

His rating is (7.2) with 8 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 67′.

Slaven Koprivnica – Formation

Slaven Koprivnica started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Zoran Zekić played with: Ivan Čović (8.5), Novak Tepšić (6.7), Mateo Kocijan (7.1), Tomislav Božić (7.0), Antonio Bosec (6.6), Robert Mudražija (6.8), Nikola Jambor (6.8), Talys (7.3), Antonio Perošević (7.0), Arber Hoxha (6.5) and Arb Manaj (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Antun Marković, Filip Hlevnjak, Giannis Christopoulos (6.8), Nikola Turanjanin, Jakov Bašić (6.8), Benedik Mioč (7.0), Marko Žuljević, Ante Crnac (6.9), Ivan Krstanović (7.1), Frano Vlasic and Marco Boras.

Slaven Koprivnica could not rely on the presence of G. Christopoulos (injured).

Substitutions

Slaven Koprivnica made 5 changes: Arb Manaj for Ivan Krstanovic (64′), Antonio Perošević for Ante Crnac (64′), Nikola Jambor for Benedikt Mioč (65′), Tomislav Bozic for Giannis Christopoulos (76′) and Novak Tepsic for Jakov Bašić (83′).

Best player: Ivan Čović​

The player that probably impressed the most for Slaven Koprivnica was the goalkeeper: Ivan Čović. His rating is 8.53. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Gorica – Lokomotiva Zagreb – 1-0
• Rijeka – Slaven Koprivnica – 0-1