Rijeka 2-0 Istra 1961: result and report
1. HNL · Saturday 29 July 2017
Result
Rijeka 2-0 Istra 1961
1. HNL · Saturday 29 July 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rijeka 2-0 Istra 1961: match report
Rijeka won against Istra 1961 2-0 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 29 July 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Alexander Gorgon opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Alexander Gorgon (66') and an own goal by Renato Gojkovic (74'). Istra 1961 did not score.
Discipline: Rijeka received 2 yellow cards; Istra 1961 received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rijeka were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Istra 1961 8th on 1 point from 2. Rijeka went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Istra 1961 9th with 27.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Rijeka wins, 2 draws and 0 for Istra 1961.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Matej Jelic
- 23'Yellow card · Nikola Prelčec
- 56'Yellow card · Marko Vesovic
- 66'Goal · Alexander Gorgon
- 74'Own goal · Renato Gojkovic
Head-to-head
Team news
Rijeka line-up
Simon Sluga, Roberto Puncec, Stefan Ristovski, Leonard Žuta, Josip Elez, Alexander Gorgon, Filip Bradarić, Héber, Matej Jelić, Florentin Matei, Mate Maleš
Istra 1961 line-up
Ivica Ivusic, Renato Gojkovic, Mateo Bertoša, Risto Mitrevski, Tome Kitanovski, Mato Milos, Antonio Pavić, Nikola Prelčec, David Puclin, Dejan Maksimović, Ivan Matyazh