On the 12th of August, in this week 5 match, Istra 1961 and Šibenik will play a match in Šibenik in a meeting of these two 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Šibenik is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Slaven Koprivnica. Neither Slaven Koprivnica nor Šibenik could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Šibenik is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Istra 1961 recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Osijek. Monsef Bakrar struck first for Istra 1961 in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Osijek was frustrated by Istra 1961’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Istra 1961 ended the match with the shutout victory. Istra 1961 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Šibenik won the head to head battle with 4 wins.
For Istra 1961, their top scorers are Drena Dijon and Monsef Bakrar, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Ivan Delić and Bernardo Matic are the top scorers for Šibenik in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.