On Fri Jan 28th, Istra 1961 hosts Gorica at Stadion Aldo Drosina in a 1. HNL match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Istra 1961 is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Rijeka. Jorge Obregón scored the first goal for Rijeka in the 82nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Istra 1961 couldn’t manage to score, and Rijeka took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 5th placed Gorica, recorded a 2-3 loss against Šibenik. Lovric struck first for Gorica in the 12th minute on a feed from Fran Brodić, but Antonio Jakoliš got the equalizer for Šibenik in the 30th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 87th minute on a goal by Marin Jakoliš. Gorica is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Oct 16th, Gorica hosted Istra 1961 at the Šrc Velika Gorica in their last match together. Gorica and Istra 1961 battled to a 1-1 draw. Frano Mlinar struck first for Gorica on an own goal in the 12th minute, but Hassane Bandé got the equalizer for Istra 1961 in the 53rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Istra 1961.
Gorica’s most prolific scorer has been Lovric. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Robert Mišković and Mateo Lisica are the top scorers for Istra 1961 in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.