Gorica 2-1 Istra 1961: result and report

1. HNL · Sunday 28 February 2021

Result

Gorica 2-1 Istra 1961

1. HNL · Sunday 28 February 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Gorica · Istra 1961 · 1. HNL predictions

Gorica 2-1 Istra 1961: match report

Gorica beat Istra 1961 2-1 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 28 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Hassane Bandé opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Gorica's goals came from Kristijan Lovric (50') and Ognjen Mudrinski (73'). Istra 1961 scored through Hassane Bandé (24').

Discipline: Gorica received 2 yellow cards; Istra 1961 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Gorica were 3rd on 43 points from 22 and Istra 1961 10th on 14 points from 21. Gorica went on to finish that season 5th with 59 points, and Istra 1961 9th with 29.

Gorica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Istra 1961 in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joey Suk of Gorica (7.8), ahead of Albi Doka (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Gorica wins, 5 draws and 1 for Istra 1961.

Going into the match Gorica's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Istra 1961's L-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Hassane BandéIstra 1961 · 0-1
  • 50'Goal · Kristijan LovricGorica · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Aleksandar JovicicGorica
  • 54'Yellow card · Kristijan LovricGorica
  • 62'Yellow card · Antonio PereraIstra 1961
  • 73'Goal · Ognjen MudrinskiGorica · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Gorica 4, draws 5, Istra 1961 1.

Team news

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Gorica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ivan Banic, Albi Doka, Matthew Steenvoorden, Aleksandar Jovicic, Kresimir Krizmanic, Hrvoje Babec, Joey Suk, Dario Spikic, Jiloan Hamad, Kristijan Lovric, Matar Dieye

Istra 1961 line-up (3-5-2)

Ivan Lucic, Rafa Navarro, Petar Bosančić, Josip Sutalo, João Silva, Antonio Perera Calderón, Slavko Blagojević, Sime Grzan, Josip Špoljarić, H. Bandé, Taichi Hara