On the 20th of February, Rijeka hosts Šibenik in a meeting of these two 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 4th placed Rijeka is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Osijek. Sava-Arangel Cestic scored the first goal for Osijek on an own goal in the 85th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rijeka couldn’t manage to score, and Osijek took the shutout win. Rijeka is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Šibenik recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Hrvatski Dragovoljac. Bernard Karrica struck first for Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 19th minute, then Admir Bristric added another in the 22nd minute on a feed from Bernard Karrica In the end, Šibenik couldn’t muster any offence and Hrvatski Dragovoljac ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Nov 7th, Šibenik hosted Rijeka in their last match together. Rijeka took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Smolcic scored the first goal for Rijeka in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Šibenik couldn’t manage to score, and Rijeka took the shutout win.
Šibenik’s most prolific scorer has been Antonio Marin. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Robert Murić has been the most prolific scorer on Rijeka in his last five matches with two goals.