Regular Season - 4• 23 Aug 2026

HNK Rijeka 3–2 Istra 1961

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Goals

18'

43'

53'

Assist: T. Dantas

71'

90+3'

Assist: D. Ahmeti

Match Recap

HNK Rijeka beat Istra 1961 3–2 in the HNL (Regular Season - 4) on 23 August 2026. HNK Rijeka saw more of the ball with 60% possession, and HNK Rijeka had 13 shots (7 on target) to Istra 1961's 5 (1 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 1.88 for HNK Rijeka and 0.40 for Istra 1961. The goals came from M. Nasraoui 18', J. Puljic 43', T. Fruk 53', H. Jaganjac 71', E. Frederiksen 90+3'. HNK Rijeka move up to 14 points in HNL, having won 3 of their last 5. Relive the HNK Rijeka vs Istra 1961 HNL highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

HNK Rijeka

VS

Istra 1961

60% Ball Possession 40%

1.88 Expected goals (xG) 0.40

13 Total Shots 5

7 Shots on target 1

4 Shots off target 4

2 Blocked Shots 0

8 Shots inside box 4

5 Shots outside box 1

5 Corner Kicks 2

1 Offsides 0

7 Fouls 8

0 Yellow Cards 1

— Red Cards —

1 Goalkeeper Saves 5

537 Total passes 352

467 Accurate passes 294

87% Pass accuracy 84%

0.05 Goals prevented 0.05

Lineups

HNK Rijeka

Matjaz Kek 4-2-3-1

VS

Istra 1961

Javi Cabello 4-2-3-1

99Todorović

23Lasickas

51Husić

45Majstorović 22Oreč

26Dantas

8Ćubelić

4Janković 10Fruk 19Vignato

21Puljić

94Jaganjac

30Škafar Žužić 80Šaranić 22Frederiksen

8Maurić

88Doumbia

13Šepić

4Kumar

97Kadušić

1Kolić

Substitutes — HNK Rijeka

1Vito Kovač 13Igor Vekić 3Moreno Živković 34Mladen Devetak 91Noel Bodetić 5Alfonso Barco 6Branko Pavić 7Yusuf Kabadayi 11Gabriel Rukavina 14Amer Gojak 18Daniel Adu-Adjei 77Ante Matej Jurić

Substitutes — Istra 1961

40Jan Paus-Kunšt 16Samuli Miettinen 24Filip Taraba 44Rene Hrvatin 7Vinko Rozić 20Dukan Ahmeti 25Gustavo Albarracín 34Matija Kablar 9Isaac 11Silvio Goričan 27Dominik Celija 39Toni Brajković