In this 19th week match, on Saturday Jan 28th, Rijeka will travel to Šibenik to battle Šibenik in a clash of these two evenly matched 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Šibenik recorded a 1-2 loss against Hajduk Split. Haruki Arai struck first for Šibenik in the 13th minute, but Anthony Kalik got the equalizer for Hajduk Split in the 45th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 85th minute on a goal by Marko Livaja to cap off a wild match. Šibenik looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Rijeka, recorded a 1-1 draw against Osijek. Josip Špoljarić struck first for Osijek in the 9th minute, then Matija Frigan tied it up for Rijeka in the 38th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Rijeka. Rijeka is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 18th of September, Rijeka hosted Šibenik in their last match together. Rijeka and Šibenik battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Rijeka nor Šibenik could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Rijeka’s most prolific scorer has been Antonio Marin. The Croatian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Ivan Dolček and Haruki Arai are the top scorers for Šibenik in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.