RIJEKA. Rijeka beats Lokomotiva Zagreb with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Frigan (65′) and a goal from A. Liber (67′).

The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Duje Strukan who was helped by Bojan Zobenica and Alen Jakšić. The 4th official was Mateo Erceg. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rijeka was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Lokomotiva Zagreb that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rijeka was putting more pressure with 80 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rijeka won the match​.

Rijeka shot 16 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Rijeka received 1 yellow card (Lindon Selahi). Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiva Zagreb received 1 yellow card (Mateo Maric).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Rijeka will have 44 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Lokomotiva Zagreb will stay with 37 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will play away against Osijek on the 3rd of June with a 24-17 head to head statistic in favor of Rijeka (19 draws).

Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Gorica on the 1st of May with a 7-7 head to head stats.

Rijeka – Formation

Rijeka adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Sergej Jakirović decided to play with the following team: Nediljko Labrović (7.2), Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga (7.3), Ivan Smolčić (7.1), Niko Galešić (7.3), Andrija Vukčević (6.7), Emmanuel Banda (7.3), Lindon Selahi, Prince Ampem (7.3), Niko Janković (6.4), Antonio Marin (7.5) and Matija Frigan (8.7).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Matej Mitrović, Anton Krešić, Alen Grgić (6.7), Duje Dujmović, Bruno Goda (6.8), Adrian Liber (7.0), Jorge Obregón, Mato Stanić, Andro Babić, Näis Djouahra and Niko Gajzler.

Substitutions

Rijeka made 5 changes: Niko Jankovic for Adrian Liber (46′), Andrija Vukcevic for Bruno Goda (59′), Prince Ampem for Alen Grgić (78′), Matija Frigan for Jorge Obregón (87′) and Antonio Marin for Mato Stanić (88′).

Best player: Matija Frigan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Matija Frigan.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 11 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Lokomotiva Zagreb – Formation

Also Lokomotiva Zagreb adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Silvijo Čabraja played with: Nikola Čavlina (7.1), Branimir Cipetić (6.1), Jon Mersinaj (6.3), Branimir Kalaica (7.0), Josip Pivarić (6.3), Vladan Bubanja (6.9), Mateo Marić (6.5), Luka Stojković (7.2), Lukas Kačavenda (6.9), Silvio Goričan (6.4) and Indrit Tuci (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Zvonimir Šubarić, Fran Žilinski, Hajdin Salihu, Ivan Milićević (6.6), Fabijan Krivak (6.8), Marko Vranjković, Marin Šotiček (6.3), Art Smakaj, Justin De Haas, Jakov Anton Vasilj (6.6) and Sandro Kulenović (6.4).

Substitutions

Lokomotiva Zagreb made 4 changes: Indrit Tuci for Sandro Kulenović (61′), Josip Pivaric for Ivan Miličević (79′), S. Goričan for Marin Soticek (79′) and Luka Stojkovic for Jakov-Anton Vasilj (84′).

Best player: Luka Stojković​

The most impressive player for Lokomotiva Zagreb was Luka Stojković.

His rating is (7.2) with 40 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Rijeka – Lokomotiva Zagreb – 2-0