Istra 1961 1-1 Rijeka: result and report

1. HNL · Sunday 22 October 2023

Result

Istra 1961 1-1 Rijeka

1. HNL · Sunday 22 October 2023, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Istra 1961 · Rijeka · 1. HNL predictions

Istra 1961 1-1 Rijeka: match report

Istra 1961 drew with Rijeka 1-1 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 22 October 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Niko Jankovic opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Istra 1961's goal came from Frano Mlinar (48'). Rijeka scored through Niko Jankovic (21').

Discipline: Istra 1961 received 4 yellow cards; Rijeka received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Istra 1961 were 9th on 7 points from 11 and Rijeka 1st on 22 points from 10. Istra 1961 went on to finish that season 8th with 41 points, and Rijeka 2nd with 74.

Istra 1961 lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rijeka in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niko Jankovic of Rijeka (7.8), ahead of Lovro Majkic (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Istra 1961 win, 2 draws and 7 for Rijeka.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Luka HujberIstra 1961
  • 21'Goal · Niko JankovicRijeka · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Dario MaresicIstra 1961
  • 48'Goal · Frano MlinarIstra 1961 · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Toni FrukRijeka
  • 90'Yellow card · Frano MlinarIstra 1961
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Terrence DouglasIstra 1961

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Istra 1961 1, draws 2, Rijeka 7.

Team news

Istra 1961 line-up (4-3-3)

Lovro Majkic, Luka Hujber, Dario Maresic, Ante Majstorovic, Mladen Devetak, Antonio Mauric, Slavko Blagojević, F. Mlinar, Advan Kadusic, Elias Filet, Matej Vuk

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

Nediljko Labrovic, Ivan Smolcic, Niko Galesic, Matej Mitrović, Bruno Goda, Lindon Selahi, Marco Pašalić, Niko Jankovic, Toni Fruk, Marko Pjaca, Franjo Ivanović