In this week 31 match, on Saturday Apr 16th, Rijeka will travel to Zagreb to battle Lokomotiva Zagreb in a meeting of these two evenly matched 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Lokomotiva Zagreb sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Hrvatski Dragovoljac. Karlo Peric struck first for Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the 24th minute, then Mateo Marić tied it up for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 82nd minute earning Lokomotiva Zagreb at least a draw. Lokomotiva Zagreb is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Rijeka is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Dinamo Zagreb. Adam Gnezda Čerin struck first for Rijeka in the 6th minute on a feed from Issah Abass, then Mahir Emreli tied it up for Dinamo Zagreb in the 79th minute on a feed from Komnen Andrić But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 86th minute on a goal by Arijan Ademi. Rijeka is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 5th of February, Rijeka won by a score of 3 to 2. Robert Murić scored the first goal for Rijeka in the 25th minute, then Robert Murić added another in the 39th minute.
Both Josip Drmić and Haris Vučkić have been the hottest scorers for Rijeka in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. For Lokomotiva Zagreb, their top scorers are Kacavenda and Marko Dabro, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.