RIJEKA. Rijeka beats Lokomotiva Zagreb with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Frigan (65′) and a goal from A. Liber (67′).
The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Thursday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Duje Strukan who was helped by Bojan Zobenica and Alen Jakšić. The 4th official was Mateo Erceg. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.8 degrees Celsius or 58.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Rijeka
2 - 0
Lokomotiva Zagreb
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 16 Total 12
- 7 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 6
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 123 Attack 98
- 80 Dangerous attack 55
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 2
Fouls
- 7 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Rijeka was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Lokomotiva Zagreb that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rijeka was putting more pressure with 80 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rijeka won the match.
Rijeka shot 16 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Rijeka received 1 yellow card (Lindon Selahi). Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiva Zagreb received 1 yellow card (Mateo Maric).
Match Timeline
Standings
- D
- W
- W
- D
- W
- W
- D
- L
- W
- D
- D
- W
- W
- L
- W
- D
- L
- D
- L
- W
- W
- D
- L
- W
- L
- D
- D
- D
- L
- L
- L
- D
- D
- D
- L
- D
- L
- D
- W
- L
- D
- W
- W
- W
- D
- L
- L
- L
- L
- W
After playing this encounter, Rijeka will have 44 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Lokomotiva Zagreb will stay with 37 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will play away against Osijek on the 3rd of June with a 24-17 head to head statistic in favor of Rijeka (19 draws).
Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Gorica on the 1st of May with a 7-7 head to head stats.
Rijeka – Formation
Rijeka adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Sergej Jakirović decided to play with the following team: Nediljko Labrović , Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga , Ivan Smolčić , Niko Galešić , Andrija Vukčević , Emmanuel Banda , Lindon Selahi, Prince Ampem , Niko Janković , Antonio Marin and Matija Frigan .
The home team had on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Matej Mitrović, Anton Krešić, Alen Grgić , Duje Dujmović, Bruno Goda , Adrian Liber , Jorge Obregón, Mato Stanić, Andro Babić, Näis Djouahra and Niko Gajzler.
Substitutions
Rijeka made 5 changes: Niko Jankovic for Adrian Liber (46′), Andrija Vukcevic for Bruno Goda (59′), Prince Ampem for Alen Grgić (78′), Matija Frigan for Jorge Obregón (87′) and Antonio Marin for Mato Stanić (88′).
Best player: Matija Frigan
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Matija Frigan.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
