RIJEKA. Rijeka and Šibenik didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Fran Jović assisted by Hrvoje Radic and Luka Pušić. The 4th official was Goran Pečarić. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

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 53% of the time vs. Šibenik that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rijeka was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Rijeka to win the match​.

Rijeka shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Šibenik shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Rijeka received 6 yellow cards (D. Pavlovic, V. Hodza, A. Vukcevic, L. Selahi, and A. Kresic). Regarding the opposition, Šibenik received 6 yellow cards (J. Mesa, M. Matic, I. Delic, I. Dolcek, S. Peric and B. Matic).

Standings

After playing this match, Rijeka will have 6 points to hold in the 9th place. On the other side, Šibenik will have 10 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will play away with Gorica on the 22nd of April with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Šibenik will host Gorica on the 15th of April with a 6-1 head to head stats in favor of Gorica (2 draws).

Rijeka – Formation

Rijeka started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Fausto Budicin decided to play with the following team: Nediljko Labrović (7.2), Nikita Vlasenko (6.8), Anton Krešić (7.1), Andrija Vukčević (7.3), Alen Grgić (6.9), Damjan Pavlović (6.5), Lindon Selahi (7.9), Veldin Hodža (7.1), Prince Ampem (7.3), Jorge Obregón (7.2) and Marco Đuričin (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Duje Dujmović, Ivan Smolčić, Adrian Liber, Mario Vrančić, Pablo Álvarez (6.8), Näis Djouahra (6.8), Haris Vučkić, Dominik Simčić (6.5), Matija Frigan, Matej Vuk and Bernard Karrica.

Rijeka could not rely on the presence of N. Djouahra (injured) and D. Simcic (injured).

Substitutions

Rijeka made 3 changes: D. Pavlovic for N. Djouahra (58′), V. Hodza for P. Alvarez (80′) and N. Djouahra for D. Simcic (80′).

Best player: Lindon Selahi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rijeka was Lindon Selahi.

His rating is (7.9) with 49 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Šibenik – Formation

Šibenik started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Damir Canadi played with: Lovre Rogić (8.4), Stefan Perić (6.4), Mislav Matić (7.4), Juan Mesa (7.6), Haruki Arai (6.6), Patrick Salomon (6.5), Bernardo Matić (7.0), Niko Rak (6.2), Marcos Mina (7.4), Marcel Čanadi (6.8) and Ivan Delić (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Antonio Đaković, Ivan Dolček (6.7), Matija Rom, Martin Pajić, Josip Kvesić (6.8), Dino Skorup, Burgui (6.3), Sacha Marasović, Karlo Špeljak, Nace Koprivnik, Duje Čop (6.7) and Leon Kreković.

Substitutions

Šibenik made 5 changes: J. Mesa for J. Kvesic (43′), N. Rak for I. Dolcek (52′), M. Canadi for D. Cop (52′), I. Delic for Burgui (88′) and P. Salomon for D. Skorup (90′).

Best player: Lovre Rogić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Šibenik was the goalkeeper: Lovre Rogić. His rating is 8.44. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Rijeka – Šibenik – 0-0
• Lokomotiva Zagreb – Dinamo Zagreb – 1-2