Rijeka 3-2 Istra — Match Report

Result

0.73 – 0.27

Performance Index

1.95 – 1.19

xG (H–A)

59% – 41%

Possession

Match Statistics — Rijeka vs Istra

59%

Possession

41%

Total Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

1.95

Expected Goals (xG)

1.19

Big Chances Created

Big Chances Missed

Corners

Touches in Opp. Box

Final Third Entries

538

Accurate Passes

357

620

Total Passes

426

Accurate Long Balls

GK Saves

-0.79

Goals Prevented

0.09

Clearances

Interceptions Won

Errors Leading to Goal

Yellow Cards

Fouls

Performance Index Breakdown

	Rijeka	Istra
Outcome (45%)	0.87	0.13
Chance Quality (30%)	0.63	0.37
Territory (15%)	0.64	0.36
Possession (10%)	0.59	0.41
Performance Index	0.73	0.27

Shot Map

Rijeka Istra Filled = goal/on target · Hollow = off target/blocked · Size ~ xG

Match Momentum

Lineups

HNK Rijeka

Formation: 4-2-3-1

⭐ Tiago Dantas7.6

⚠ Niko Janković5.9

6.3GAleksa Todorović

6.7DAnte Oreč

6.9DAnte Majstorović

6.9DAnel Husić↓72'

6.6DJustas Lasickas

7.0MIvan Ćubelić↓60'

7.6MTiago Dantas

6.7MSamuele Vignato↓60'

7.5MToni Fruk

5.9MNiko Janković↓84'

6.2FJakov Puljić↓72'

Substitutes

6.7MBranko Pavić↑60'

6.8MAmer Gojak↑60'

6.3MAlfonso Barco↑72'

6.4FDaniel Adu-Adjei↑72'

6.1DMladen Devetak↑84'

NK Istra 1961

Formation: 4-2-3-1

⭐ Franko Kolić8.0

⚠ Mohamed Nasraoui5.5

8.0GFranko Kolić

6.2DAdvan Kadušić↓61'

5.5DMohamed Nasraoui

6.4DRaul Kumar

6.1DNiko Šepić

6.4MDaouda Doumbia↓61'

6.4MAntonio Maurić↓72'

7.4MEmil Frederiksen

6.4MIvan Šaranić↓78'

6.6MNik Škafar Žužić↓61'

7.4FHamza Jaganjac

Substitutes

7.0DRene Hrvatin↑61'

6.5FVinko Rozić↑61'

6.8MGustavo Albarracín↑61'

7.1MDukan Ahmeti↑72'

6.4MMatija Kablar↑78'

Player Statistics — Rijeka

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	Shots	Key P	Passes	Pass%	Touches	Crosses	Long Balls	Duels W	Headers W-L	Dribbles	Prog. Carries	Fouls W-C	Tackles	Int	Clr	Saves	Rating
Aleksa Todorović	G	90	0	0	—	0	0	17/21	81%	32	—	8/12	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	2	1	6.3
Ante Oreč	D	90	0	0	0.02	1	1	55/67	82%	93	1/9	1/5	2	—	1/3	5	—	1	1	0	0	6.7
Ante Majstorović	D	90	0	0	—	0	1	70/78	90%	87	—	6/12	4	1-1	—	0	1-1	2	1	3	0	6.9
Justas Lasickas	D	90	0	0	—	0	0	49/55	89%	81	0/1	2/3	7	0-1	3/4	3	2-2	2	0	0	0	6.6
Tiago Dantas	M	90	0	1	—	0	1	95/99	96%	113	1/7	8/8	0	—	—	2	0-2	0	0	1	0	7.6
Toni Fruk	M	90	1	0	0.63	5	4	41/49	84%	65	—	1/1	3	0-1	2/3	4	1-1	0	2	0	0	7.5
Niko Janković	M	84	0	0	0.31	4	2	27/34	79%	49	0/1	4/4	2	1-0	0/4	3	0-1	1	0	0	0	5.9
Anel Husić	D	72	0	0	—	0	0	53/58	91%	69	—	7/9	3	1-0	—	0	0-2	2	0	4	0	6.9
Jakov Puljić	F	72	1	0	0.93	3	0	11/18	61%	30	—	—	3	2-4	—	0	0-1	1	2	1	0	6.2
Ivan Ćubelić	M	60	0	0	—	0	0	50/55	91%	57	—	3/3	3	1-1	—	1	—	2	0	0	0	7.0
Samuele Vignato	M	60	0	0	—	0	0	19/27	70%	35	0/1	2/3	1	—	0/1	1	1-0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Branko Pavić (sub)	M	30	0	0	—	0	0	20/21	95%	33	—	1/1	4	—	—	1	2-0	2	1	0	0	6.7
Amer Gojak (sub)	M	30	0	0	—	0	2	20/23	87%	27	1/1	1/1	3	1-0	—	0	1-0	1	0	0	0	6.8
Alfonso Barco (sub)	M	18	0	0	0.06	1	0	5/5	100%	6	—	—	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	6.3
Daniel Adu-Adjei (sub)	F	18	0	0	—	0	0	4/6	67%	10	—	—	1	1-0	—	0	—	0	1	0	0	6.4
Mladen Devetak (sub)	D	11	0	0	—	0	0	2/4	50%	4	—	0/2	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	6.1

Player Statistics — Istra

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	Shots	Key P	Passes	Pass%	Touches	Crosses	Long Balls	Duels W	Headers W-L	Dribbles	Prog. Carries	Fouls W-C	Tackles	Int	Clr	Saves	Rating
Franko Kolić	G	90	0	0	—	0	0	16/20	80%	41	—	2/5	0	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	6	8.0
Mohamed Nasraoui	D	90	0	0	0.01	1	0	58/66	88%	78	—	0/4	4	4-1	—	0	0-1	0	1	8	0	5.5
Raul Kumar	D	90	0	0	0.04	1	0	57/65	88%	78	—	3/5	3	2-1	—	1	—	1	1	7	0	6.4
Niko Šepić	D	90	0	0	—	0	1	35/40	88%	61	0/1	1/2	2	—	0/1	1	1-1	1	2	2	0	6.1
Emil Frederiksen	M	90	1	0	0.29	3	2	16/29	55%	44	1/3	3/6	4	1-0	0/1	2	2-0	1	1	1	0	7.4
Hamza Jaganjac	F	90	1	0	0.65	2	3	13/17	76%	38	—	0/1	6	0-1	1/1	0	2-2	3	1	3	0	7.4
Ivan Šaranić	M	78	0	0	—	0	0	17/21	81%	34	0/1	0/1	4	—	3/4	1	1-0	0	1	0	0	6.4
Antonio Maurić	M	72	0	0	—	0	0	33/38	87%	43	—	3/6	0	0-1	—	1	0-1	0	1	0	0	6.4
Advan Kadušić	D	61	0	0	—	0	0	18/21	86%	34	0/3	2/2	4	1-1	—	0	0-1	3	0	0	0	6.2
Daouda Doumbia	M	61	0	0	—	0	0	28/31	90%	41	—	0/1	5	0-1	0/1	0	2-1	3	2	0	0	6.4
Nik Škafar Žužić	M	61	0	0	0.06	1	1	8/13	62%	24	—	—	5	—	2/3	2	1-0	2	0	0	0	6.6
Rene Hrvatin (sub)	D	29	0	0	—	0	1	14/16	88%	23	—	0/1	2	—	1/2	1	—	1	0	0	0	7.0
Vinko Rozić (sub)	F	29	0	0	0.12	2	0	9/9	100%	14	0/2	—	1	0-1	—	0	—	1	0	0	0	6.5
Gustavo Albarracín (sub)	M	29	0	0	—	0	0	15/16	94%	20	—	1/1	2	—	1/1	0	1-3	0	0	0	0	6.8
Dukan Ahmeti (sub)	M	18	0	1	0.02	1	1	8/9	89%	14	1/2	—	1	—	1/1	3	—	0	0	0	0	7.1
Matija Kablar (sub)	M	12	0	0	—	0	0	12/15	80%	17	—	0/1	0	0-1	—	1	0-1	0	0	0	0	6.4

Goals

⚽ 90'+3 Emil Frederiksen · Istra⚽ 71' Hamza Jaganjac · Istra⚽ 53' Toni Fruk · Rijeka⚽ 43' Jakov Puljić · Rijeka⚽ 18' Mohamed Nasraoui OG · Rijeka

Match Timeline

18'⚽ Mohamed Nasraoui (OG) — Rijeka

43'⚽ Jakov Puljić — Rijeka

53'⚽ Toni Fruk — Rijeka

60'🔁 Branko Pavić ↑ / Samuele Vignato ↓ — Rijeka

60'🔁 Amer Gojak ↑ / Ivan Ćubelić ↓ — Rijeka

61'🔁 Gustavo Albarracín ↑ / Daouda Doumbia ↓ — Istra

61'🔁 Rene Hrvatin ↑ / Advan Kadušić ↓ — Istra

61'🔁 Vinko Rozić ↑ / Nik Škafar Žužić ↓ — Istra

62'🟨 Hamza Jaganjac — Istra

71'⚽ Hamza Jaganjac — Istra

72'🔁 Alfonso Barco ↑ / Anel Husić ↓ — Rijeka

72'🔁 Daniel Adu-Adjei ↑ / Jakov Puljić ↓ — Rijeka

72'🔁 Dukan Ahmeti ↑ / Antonio Maurić ↓ — Istra

78'🔁 Matija Kablar ↑ / Ivan Šaranić ↓ — Istra

84'🔁 Mladen Devetak ↑ / Niko Janković ↓ — Rijeka

90'+3⚽ Emil Frederiksen — Istra

AI Match Analysis

NK Istra 1961 travelled to Rijeka for the twenty-sixth round of the Croatian HNL and suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat in a match characterised by late drama. The home side established early control, with Mohamed Nasraoui opening the scoring in the eighteenth minute before Jakov Puljić doubled Rijeka's advantage in the forty-third minute. Toni Fruk extended the lead to three goals in the fifty-third minute, seemingly putting the contest beyond reach. However, Istra mounted a second-half response when Hamza Jaganjac reduced the deficit in the seventy-first minute, bringing the visitors back into contention. Emil Frederiksen's dramatic goal in the ninety-third minute set up a tense finale, but Istra could not find the equaliser in the remaining time.

The underlying metrics reveal how decisively Rijeka controlled proceedings despite Istra's resilient comeback. Rijeka's Performance Index of 0.73 against Istra's 0.27 underscores the gulf in overall dominance, while Rijeka's superiority in expected goals—1.95 to 1.19—demonstrates their superior chance quality throughout. Possession statistics told a similar story, with Rijeka commanding 59 percent to Istra's 41 percent, and shots on target reflecting this disparity at 8-3 in the hosts' favour. Yet Istra showed character in their attacking contributions: while Hamza Jaganjac led their creative efforts with three key passes and six duels won, the visitors' defensive structure was undermined by their lower possession rate, forcing Mohamed Nasraoui into nine defensive actions—including eight clearances—as Istra spent considerable periods absorbing pressure rather than dictating play.

✦ AI Analysis · Claude