Rijeka 2-1 Lokomotiva Zagreb: result and report

1. HNL · Sunday 20 August 2023

Result

Rijeka 2-1 Lokomotiva Zagreb

1. HNL · Sunday 20 August 2023, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1

Rijeka · Lokomotiva Zagreb · 1. HNL predictions

Rijeka 2-1 Lokomotiva Zagreb: match report

Rijeka won against Lokomotiva Zagreb 2-1 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 20 August 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Vladan Bubanja opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Marco Pašalić (38') and Näis Djouahra (78'). Lokomotiva Zagreb scored through Vladan Bubanja (6').

Discipline: Rijeka received 3 yellow cards; Lokomotiva Zagreb received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rijeka were 3rd on 6 points from 3 and Lokomotiva Zagreb 9th on 2 points from 3. Rijeka went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Lokomotiva Zagreb 5th with 51.

Rijeka lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lokomotiva Zagreb in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nikola Cavlina of Lokomotiva Zagreb (8.2), ahead of Marco Pašalić (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Rijeka wins, 0 draws and 3 for Lokomotiva Zagreb.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Vladan BubanjaLokomotiva Zagreb · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Mateo MarićLokomotiva Zagreb
  • 29'Yellow card · Sergej JakirovićRijeka
  • 38'Goal · Marco PašalićRijeka · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Stjepan RadeljićRijeka
  • 57'Yellow card · Ivan LepinjicaRijeka
  • 68'Yellow card · Jon MersinajLokomotiva Zagreb
  • 78'Goal · Näis DjouahraRijeka · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Silvio GoričanLokomotiva Zagreb

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rijeka 7, draws 0, Lokomotiva Zagreb 3.

Team news

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

Nediljko Labrovic, Ivan Smolcic, Niko Galesic, Stjepan Radeljic, Bruno Goda, Ivan Lepinjica, Lindon Selahi, Marco Pašalić, Toni Fruk, Niko Jankovic, Franjo Ivanović

Lokomotiva Zagreb line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nikola Cavlina, Marko Vranjkovic, Jon Mersinaj, Ivan Milicevic, Vladan Bubanja, Mateo Maric, Viktor Kanizaj, Luka Stojkovic, Lukas Kacavenda, Sandro Kulenović, Branimir Kalaica