SPLIT. Hajduk Split tops Rijeka with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Biuk (66′) and a goal from N. Kalinic (76′). Hajduk Split was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion Poljud stadium in Split on Wednesday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Dario Bel with the assistance of Goran Pataki and Kruno Šarić. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.1 degrees Celsius or 78.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hajduk Split had a superior ball possession 64% while Rijeka was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hajduk Split was more aggressive with 85 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hajduk Split won the match​.

Hajduk Split shot 17 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rijeka shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Hajduk Split received 3 yellow cards (C. Awaziem, and A. Kalik). On the opposite side, Rijeka received 5 yellow cards (A. Vukcevic, N. Galesic, J. Obregon, and G. Lunetta).

Also, Rijeka didn’t finish the match with 11 players after G. Lunetta (Rijeka) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (84′).

Standings

After this contest, Hajduk Split has 16 points to occupy the 2nd place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Rijeka stays with 5 points (10th).

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Hajduk Split will play away against Gorica on the 29th of April with a 6-6 head to head.

Rijeka will play away agasint Gorica on the 22nd of April with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Hajduk Split – Formation

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

The manager Valdas Dambrauskas decided to play with the following team: Lovre Kalinić (7.0), David Čolina (6.5), Chidozie Awaziem (7.3), Stefan Simić (7.1), Dario Melnjak (7.3), Marco Fossati (6.9), Filip Krovinović (8.0), Emir Sahiti (7.1), Marko Livaja (7.2), Stipe Biuk (7.1) and Jan Mlakar (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Danijel Subašić, Karlo Sentić, Toni Borevković, Kristian Dimitrov, Dino Mikanović, Gergő Lovrencsics (7.0), Anthony Kalik (6.2), Jani Atanasov, Rokas Pukštas (6.6), Ivan Krolo (6.4), Nikola Kalinić (7.3) and Ivan Šarić.

Substitutions

Hajduk Split made 5 changes: J. Mlakar for N. Kalinic (56′), D. Colina for G. Lovrencsics (56′), E. Sahiti for A. Kalik (73′), F. Krovinovic for I. Krolo (86′) and S. Biuk for R. Pukstas (86′).

Best player: Filip Krovinović​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hajduk Split was Filip Krovinović even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 74 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 9 crosses.

Rijeka – Formation

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

Fausto Budicin played with: Nediljko Labrović (6.4), Gabriel Lunetta (5.8), Niko Galešić (6.4), Nikita Vlasenko (7.8), Andrija Vukčević (6.4), Prince Ampem (6.3), Lindon Selahi (7.0), Veldin Hodža (7.0), Denis Bušnja (6.6), Näis Djouahra (6.9) and Jorge Obregón (7.0).

They had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Duje Dujmović (6.8), Mario Vrančić (6.6), Adrian Liber, Damjan Pavlović, Dominik Simčić, Matej Vuk, Matija Frigan, Bernard Karrica and Marco Đuričin (6.3).

Rijeka could not rely on the presence of D. Dujmovic (injured).

Substitutions

Rijeka made 4 changes: D. Busnja for M. Vrancic (46′), N. Djouahra for D. Simcic (67′), P. O. Ampem for M. Djuricin (73′) and N. Galesic for D. Dujmovic (77′).

Best player: Nikita Vlasenko​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Nikita Vlasenko.

His rating is (7.8) with 37 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Hajduk Split – Rijeka – 2-0