Gorica 2-1 Rijeka: result and report

1. HNL · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

Gorica 2-1 Rijeka

1. HNL · Saturday 6 October 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Gorica · Rijeka · 1. HNL predictions

Gorica 2-1 Rijeka: match report

Gorica defeated Rijeka 2-1 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 6 October 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

J. Puljić opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Gorica's goals came from Lukasz Zwolinski (54') and I. Atiemwen (80'). Rijeka scored through J. Puljić (45+1', penalty).

Discipline: Gorica received 4 yellow cards; Rijeka received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Gorica were 4th on 16 points from 9 and Rijeka 5th on 14 points from 9. Gorica went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Rijeka 2nd with 67.

Gorica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rijeka in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Gorica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rijeka.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Mario MarinaGorica
  • 32'Yellow card · M. MuhammedGorica
  • 33'Yellow card · Matija DvornekovicGorica
  • 45+1'Penalty goal · J. PuljićRijeka · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Lukasz ZwolinskiGorica · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · I. AtiemwenGorica
  • 65'Yellow card · J. PuljićRijeka
  • 79'Yellow card · Srdjan GrahovacRijeka
  • 80'Goal · I. AtiemwenGorica · 2-1
  • 85'Missed penalty · J. PuljićRijeka

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Gorica 0, draws 0, Rijeka 1.

Team news

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

Kristijan Kahlina, Musa Muhammed, Aleksandar Jovicic, Igor Čagalj, Matija Špičić, Joey Suk, Iyayi Atiemwen, Farouk Miya, Mario Marina, Łukasz Zwoliński, Matija Dvornekovic

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

Simon Sluga, Roberto Puncec, Leonard Žuta, Mario Pavelic, Rodrigo Escoval, Dario Canadjija, Srdjan Grahovac, Stjepan Loncar, Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Alexander Gorgon, Jakov Puljic