Rijeka 1-2 Gorica: result and report
1. HNL · Saturday 11 December 2021
Result
Rijeka 1-2 Gorica
1. HNL · Saturday 11 December 2021, 16:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rijeka 1-2 Gorica: match report
Rijeka lost to Gorica 1-2 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 11 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Kristijan Lovric opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Rijeka's goal came from Josip Drmic (78'). Gorica scored through Kristijan Lovric (64') and Y. Delfi (75').
Discipline: Rijeka received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Gorica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rijeka were 1st on 37 points from 18 and Gorica 5th on 26 points from 18. Rijeka went on to finish that season 4th with 65 points, and Gorica 6th with 45.
Rijeka lined up in a 3-4-3 and Gorica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kristijan Lovric of Gorica (8.1), ahead of Nediljko Labrovic (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Rijeka wins, 2 draws and 4 for Gorica.
Going into the match Rijeka's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Gorica's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Prince Ampem
- 30'Yellow card · Nino Galovic
- 34'Second yellow · Prince Ampem
- 41'Yellow card · A. Doka
- 64'Goal · Kristijan Lovric
- 75'Goal · Y. Delfi
- 78'Goal · Josip Drmic
- 80'Yellow card · J. Mitrović
- 80'Yellow card · Lindon Selahi
- 82'Yellow card · Matthew Steenvoorden
- 86'Yellow card · Fran Brodic
Head-to-head
Team news
Rijeka line-up (3-4-3)
Nediljko Labrovic, Nino Galović, Darko Velkovski, Hrvoje Smolcic, Prince Ampem, Lindon Selahi, Adam Gnezda Cerin, Andrija Vukcevic, Josip Drmić, Domagoj Pavicic, H. Vučkić
Gorica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Dominik Kotarski, Albi Doka, Matthew Steenvoorden, Aleksandar Jovicic, Musa Muhammed, Hrvoje Babec, Serge-Junior Ngouali, Kristijan Lovric, Josip Mitrovic, Toni Fruk, Caio Cruz