Vukovar 3-2 Istra 1961: result and report
1. HNL · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Vukovar 3-2 Istra 1961
1. HNL · Saturday 7 February 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Vukovar 3-2 Istra 1961: match report
Vukovar beat Istra 1961 3-2 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 7 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jakov Puljic opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Vukovar's goals came from Jakov Puljic (15'), Mario Tadic (47') and Lovro Banovec (87'). Istra 1961 scored through Dario Maresic (56', penalty) and Smail Prevljak (85').
Discipline: Vukovar received 2 yellow cards; Istra 1961 received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Vukovar were 10th on 15 points from 20 and Istra 1961 3rd on 30 points from 20. Vukovar went on to finish that season 10th with 28 points, and Istra 1961 6th with 43.
Vukovar lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Istra 1961 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franko Kolic of Istra 1961 (8.7), ahead of Stjepan Loncar (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Vukovar wins, 2 draws and 0 for Istra 1961.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Vinko Rozic
- 15'Goal · Jakov Puljic
- 15'Missed penalty · Jakov Puljic
- 15'Yellow card · Franko Kolic
- 47'Goal · Mario Tadic
- 56'Penalty goal · Dario Maresic
- 64'Yellow card · Raul Kumar
- 85'Goal · Smail Prevljak
- 87'Goal · Lovro Banovec
- 90+5'Yellow card · Dario Maresic
- 90+5'Yellow card · Mario Tičinović
- 90+6'Yellow card · Lovro Banovec
Head-to-head
Team news
Vukovar line-up (4-2-3-1)
Denis Pintol, Mario Tičinović, Mario Tadic, Moreno Zivkovic, Kerim Çalhanoğlu, Vito Caic, Eniss Shabani, Kristijan Pavicic, Jakov Puljic, Lovro Banovec, Lovre Kulusic
Istra 1961 line-up (4-2-3-1)
Franko Kolic, Mohamed Nasraoui, Raul Kumar, Dario Maresic, Niko Sepic, Josip Radosevic, Israel Isaac Ayuma, Emil Frederiksen, Stjepan Loncar, Vinko Rozic, Smail Prevljak