RIJEKA. Rijeka was in the end too much to handle for Slaven Koprivnica with the goal of J. Drmic (55′), J. Drmic (70′) and A. Gnezda Cerin (78′). Rijeka capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Saturday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Duje Strukan with the support of Hrvoje Radic and Goran Perica. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.5 degrees Celsius or 40.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rijeka had a strong ball possession 60% while Slaven Koprivnica was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rijeka was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rijeka won the match​.

Rijeka shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Slaven Koprivnica shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rijeka received 1 yellow card (P. O. Ampem). On the other side, Slaven Koprivnica received 1 yellow card (M. Marina).

Standings

After this match, Rijeka will have 52 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Slaven Koprivnica will stay with 29 points like Gorica to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will play away against Hrvatski Dragovoljac on the 13th of March with a 6-0 head to head stats in favor of Rijeka (2 draws).

Slaven Koprivnica will host Istra 1961 on the 12th of March with a 17-12 head to head statistic in favor of Slaven Koprivnica (20 draws).

Rijeka – Formation

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

The manager Goran Tomić decided to play with the following team: Nediljko Labrović (7.8), Andrés Solano (7.0), Darko Velkovski (7.4), Anton Krešić (7.3), Andrija Vukčević (8.3), Lindon Selahi (6.5), Domagoj Pavičić (7.8), Robert Murić (6.6), Haris Vučkić (6.4), Prince Ampem (6.7) and Josip Drmić (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Mikhail Merkulov, Sava Arangel Čestić, Adrian Liber, Ivan Lepinjica (6.1), Adam Gnezda Čerin (8.5), Denis Bušnja (6.8), Matej Vuk (6.6) and Issah Abass (6.8).

Rijeka could not rely on the presence of I. Lepinjica (injured).

Substitutions

Rijeka made 5 changes: P. O. Ampem for A. Gnezda Cerin (54′), H. Vuckic for I. Abass (71′), R. Muric for D. Busnja (71′), A. Solano for I. Lepinjica (84′) and J. Drmic for M. Vuk (85′).

Best player: Adam Gnezda Čerin​

The most impressive player for Rijeka was Adam Gnezda Čerin.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 24 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 54′.

Slaven Koprivnica – Formation

Slaven Koprivnica started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Zoran Zekić played with: Ivan Sušak (5.9), Tomislav Božić (6.3), Goran Paracki (6.7), Vinko Soldo (6.1), Zoran Kvržić (6.5), Mario Marina (6.8), Mihail Caimacov (7.6), Bruno Goda (7.4), Bruno Bogojević (6.6), Arijan Brković (6.2) and Hansel Zapata (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Antun Marković, Filip Hlevnjak, Antonio Bosec (6.8), Marin Laušić (6.6), Novak Tepšić, Mihael Mlinarić, Arber Hoxha (6.3), Ante Crnac (6.4) and Ivan Krstanović (6.6).

Substitutions

Slaven Koprivnica made 5 changes: A. Brkovic for I. Krstanovic (66′), B. Bogojevic for M. Lausic (67′), M. Marina for A. Hoxha (83′), H. Zapata for A. Bosec (83′) and Z. Kvrzic for A. Crnac (84′).

Best player: Mihail Caimacov​

The most impressive player for Slaven Koprivnica was Mihail Caimacov.

His rating is (7.6) with 52 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Rijeka – Slaven Koprivnica – 3-0
• Dinamo Zagreb – Šibenik – 3-0