On the 4th of December, in this week 18 match, Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Rijeka will play a match in Rijeka in a meeting of these two mismatched 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Rijeka sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Slaven Koprivnica. Krstanovic struck first for Rijeka on an own goal in the 51st minute, then Josip Drmić added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Robert Murić. Rijeka should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Hrvatski Dragovoljac is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Gorica. Lovric struck first for Gorica in the 70th minute on a feed from Albi Doka, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Hrvatski Dragovoljac couldn’t muster any offence and Gorica ran away with the shutout win. Hrvatski Dragovoljac looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 17th, Hrvatski Dragovoljac hosted Rijeka in their last match together. Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Rijeka battled to a 2-2 draw. Vinko Petković struck first for Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 28th minute on a feed from Ricardo Bagadur, then Majstorovic added another in the 36th minute on a penalty.
Luka Viduka and Valentino Majstorovic are the top scorers for Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Josip Drmić has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Rijeka.