VELIKA GORICA. Rijeka had a remarkable comeback against Gorica.
Filip Mrzljak received a red card (90′). This red card was one of the reason why Gorica lost the match.
Marko Pjaca didn’t score a penalty (53′) for Rijeka.
The match was played at the ŠRC Velika Gorica stadium in Velika Gorica on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 1,213 spectators. The referee was Mateo Erceg with the assistance of Alen Jakšić and Vice Vidović. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 5.39 degrees Celsius or 41.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gorica was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Rijeka that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rijeka had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rijeka won the encounter.
Gorica shot 8 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Rijeka shot 22 times, 9 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Gorica received 4 yellow cards (Ante Matej Jurić, Josip Mitrović, Momčilo Raspopović and Sven Blummel). On the other side, Rijeka received 3 yellow cards (Veldin Hodza, Željko Sopić and Bruno Goda).
(Gorica) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Gorica stays with 27 points like Osijek to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Rijeka will has 38 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. HNL, Gorica will host Lokomotiva Zagreb on the 28th of January with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Gorica (9 draws).
Rijeka will play away against Hajduk Split on the 28th of January with a 29-16 head to head statistic in favor of Rijeka (18 draws).
Gorica – Formation
Gorica
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Gorica adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Dinko Jeličić decided to play with the following team: Ivan Banić , Momčilo Raspopović , Mario Maloča , Krešimir Krizmanić , Dino Štiglec , Filip Mrzljak , Jurica Pršir , Josip Mitrović , Tim Matavž , Ante Matej Jurić and Nikola Vujnović .
The home team had on the bench: Mateo Leš, Sven Blummel , Lenny Ilečić, Jan Paolo Debijađi, Alexander Munksgaard, Arona Fall, Luka Kapulica, Zvonimir Josić, Ino Vuko, Đuro-Giulio Đekić, Božidar Radošević and Sekou Matar Sagna.
Substitutions
Gorica made 4 changes: Nikola Vujnović for Lenny Ilečić (89′), Ante Matej Jurić for Luka Kapulica (90′), Josip Mitrović for Sven Blummel (79′) and Dino Štiglec for Alexander Munksgaard (90′).
Player of the match: Ivan Banić
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gorica was the goalkeeper: Ivan Banić. His rating is 8.36. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.
Rijeka – Formation
Rijeka
Also Rijeka adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Željko Sopić played with: Nediljko Labrovic , Ivan Smolcic , Emir Dilaver , Niko Galesic , Bruno Goda , Lindon Selahi , Veldin Hodza , Marco Pasalic , Toni Fruk , Marko Pjaca and Franjo Ivanovic .
They had on the bench: Niko Jankovic , Jorge Obregón , Martin Zlomislic, Dejan Petrovic , Alen Grgic , Stjepan Radeljic , Silvio Ilinkovic, Bruno Bogojevic, Damjan Pavlovic, Danilo Veiga and Momo Yansane.
Substitutions
Rijeka made 5 changes: Marco Pasalic for Alen Grgic (30′), Franjo Ivanovic for Jorge Obregón (31′), Lindon Selahi for Niko Jankovic (46′), Marko Pjaca for Stjepan Radeljic (87′) and Toni Fruk for Dejan Petrovic (77′).
Player of the match: Marko Pjaca
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Marko Pjaca.
His rating is with 2 goals, 14 passes (57% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.
