Rijeka 2-0 Istra 1961: result and report

1. HNL · Saturday 29 July 2017

Result

Rijeka 2-0 Istra 1961

1. HNL · Saturday 29 July 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rijeka · Istra 1961 · 1. HNL predictions

Rijeka 2-0 Istra 1961: match report

Rijeka won against Istra 1961 2-0 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 29 July 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Alexander Gorgon opened the scoring in the 66th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Alexander Gorgon (66') and an own goal by Renato Gojkovic (74'). Istra 1961 did not score.

Discipline: Rijeka received 2 yellow cards; Istra 1961 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rijeka were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Istra 1961 8th on 1 point from 2. Rijeka went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Istra 1961 9th with 27.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Rijeka wins, 2 draws and 0 for Istra 1961.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Matej JelicRijeka
  • 23'Yellow card · Nikola PrelčecIstra 1961
  • 56'Yellow card · Marko VesovicRijeka
  • 66'Goal · Alexander GorgonRijeka · 1-0
  • 74'Own goal · Renato GojkovicRijeka · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rijeka 8, draws 2, Istra 1961 0.

Team news

Rijeka line-up

Simon Sluga, Roberto Puncec, Stefan Ristovski, Leonard Žuta, Josip Elez, Alexander Gorgon, Filip Bradarić, Héber, Matej Jelić, Florentin Matei, Mate Maleš

Istra 1961 line-up

Ivica Ivusic, Renato Gojkovic, Mateo Bertoša, Risto Mitrevski, Tome Kitanovski, Mato Milos, Antonio Pavić, Nikola Prelčec, David Puclin, Dejan Maksimović, Ivan Matyazh