RIJEKA. Rijeka and Dinamo Zagreb played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. Dinamo Zagreb was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Saturday and it started at 3:05 pm local time. The referee was Igor Pajač with the help of Bojan Zobenica and Jerko Crnčić. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.5 degrees Celsius or 52.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Dinamo Zagreb had a superior ball possession 56% while Rijeka was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dinamo Zagreb was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Dinamo Zagreb to win the match​.

Rijeka shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Dinamo Zagreb shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Rijeka received 1 yellow card (D. Velkovski). On the other side, Dinamo Zagreb received 4 yellow cards (B. Franjic, M. Leovac, L. Menalo and M. Orsic).

Standings

After playing this match, Rijeka will have 24 points to stay in the 1st place. On the other side, Dinamo Zagreb will have 23 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will play away with Lokomotiva Zagreb on the 24th of October with a 23-11 head to head stats in favor of Rijeka (7 draws).

Dinamo Zagreb will host Istra 1961 on the 24th of October with a 36-2 head to head statistic in favor of Dinamo Zagreb (7 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: Martin Zlomislić (5.8), João Escoval (6.8), Darko Velkovski (7.1), Hrvoje Smolčić (6.5), Andrija Vukčević (5.7), Domagoj Pavičić (6.1), Lindon Selahi (7.3), Robert Murić (7.0), Haris Vučkić (6.2), Prince Ampem (6.9) and Josip Drmić (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Nediljko Labrović, Roko Jurišić (6.2), Ivan Smolčić, Ivan Lepinjica, Adrian Liber (6.6), Adam Gnezda Čerin (6.3), Jorge Obregon (6.8), Matej Vuk and Issah Abass (6.6).

Substitutions

Rijeka made 5 changes: P. O. Ampem for I. Abass (66′), H. Vuckic for A. Gnezda Cerin (75′), J. Drmic for J. Obregon (88′), D. Pavicic for A. Liber (88′) and A. Vukcevic for R. Jurisic (89′).

Best player: Josip Drmić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Josip Drmić.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 18 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Dinamo Zagreb – Formation

Dinamo Zagreb started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

On the other side, Damir Krznar played with: Dominik Livaković (6.1), Stefan Ristovski (7.4), Rasmus Lauritsen (6.1), Kévin Théophile-Catherine (6.7), Marin Leovac (5.9), Luka Ivanušec (6.8), Josip Mišić (6.7), Bartol Franjić (6.7), Mislav Oršić (7.1), Bruno Petković (7.8) and Duje Čop (6.8).

They had on the bench: Danijel Zagorac, Emir Dilaver, Josip Šutalo (7.3), Amer Gojak, Martin Baturina, Marko Tolić (6.2), Dario Špikić, Luka Menalo (6.6) and Komnen Andrić (7.4).

Substitutions

Dinamo Zagreb made 4 changes: R. Lauritsen for L. Menalo (46′), M. Leovac for J. Sutalo (46′), D. Cop for K. Andric (46′) and L. Ivanusec for M. Tolic (82′).

Best player: Bruno Petković​

The player that probably impressed the most for Dinamo Zagreb was Bruno Petković.

His rating is (7.8) with 2 goals, 25 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Gorica – Istra 1961 – 1-1
• Rijeka – Dinamo Zagreb – 3-3