Slaven Koprivnica 1-0 Istra 1961: result and report
1. HNL · Friday 27 February 2026
Result
Slaven Koprivnica 1-0 Istra 1961
1. HNL · Friday 27 February 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Slaven Koprivnica 1-0 Istra 1961: match report
Slaven Koprivnica defeated Istra 1961 1-0 in the 1. HNL on Friday 27 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Ilija Nestorovski of Slaven Koprivnica in the 64th minute.
Discipline: Slaven Koprivnica received 3 yellow cards; Istra 1961 received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Slaven Koprivnica were 5th on 31 points from 23 and Istra 1961 6th on 30 points from 23. Slaven Koprivnica went on to finish that season 8th with 41 points, and Istra 1961 6th with 43.
Slaven Koprivnica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Istra 1961 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilija Nestorovski of Slaven Koprivnica (8.0), ahead of Tomislav Bozic (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Slaven Koprivnica wins, 5 draws and 3 for Istra 1961.
Going into the match Slaven Koprivnica's last five read D-W-L-L-D and Istra 1961's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Mohamed Nasraoui
- 44'Yellow card · Filip Kruselj
- 53'Yellow card
- 53'Yellow card · Niko Šepić
- 64'Goal · Ilija Nestorovski
- 66'Yellow card · Josip Radosevic
- 67'Yellow card · Vinko Medjimorec
- 90+1'Yellow card · Osman Hadzikic
Head-to-head
Team news
Slaven Koprivnica line-up (4-3-3)
Osman Hadzikic, Filip Kruselj, Tomislav Bozic, Vinko Medjimorec, Leonard Žuta, Ivan Cubelic, Ljuban Crepulja, Filip Mazar, Josip Mitrovic, Ilija Nestorovski, Alen Grgic
Istra 1961 line-up (4-2-3-1)
Franko Kolic, Mohamed Nasraoui, Raul Kumar, Samuli Miettinen, Niko Sepic, Josip Radosevic, Leo Stulac, Stjepan Loncar, Antonio Mauric, Emil Frederiksen, Smail Prevljak