NK Gorica

vs

HNK Rijeka

Preview

Gorica (home)

• NK Gorica are eighth in the table on 28 points from 26 games, having drawn their last two fixtures, which was a 0-0 away draw to NK Osijek in HNL 2025/2026.
• They have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five contests, so neither team enter this meeting in devastating form.

Rijeka (away)

• HNK Rijeka will arrive in Gorica with a slight edge in form and the wind of recent head-to-head successes behind them when they take on the home team on Sunday.
• Their overall recent form reads three wins and two defeats in their last five matches in all competitions, but they are still looking up rather than down.

Head-to-Head

• Rijeka has won the last two meetings of the sides, including a 1-0 success at home two months ago.
• Rijeka have a slightly better away record in HNL 2025/2026 than Gorica’s home record (W3, D4, L5 v W4, D3, L6).

Key Players

• Top scorers:
  • Jurica Prsir is the top scorer for Gorica in HNL 2025/2026 with 5 goals in 24 appearances.
  • Toni Fruk leads the way for Rijeka with 9 from 24 matches.

Betting Insights

• The former is a pragmatic coach who likes to play to his opponents and adapt to the personnel he has available to him, while Sánchez is a structured tactician who likes his teams to play with the ball and press when they don’t have it.
• Gorica will look to disrupt Rijeka’s structure and play on the counterattack, while the visitors will try to hold the ball and keep up a pressing game.
• It is a clash of styles that should favour the more structured team, so we’ll take Rijeka to win at 2.3 on the road as our main bet.
• Both teams should find the net in this encounter, so we’re taking BTTS - Yes at 1.8 as well.

Prediction

• We’ll take Rijeka to win at 2.3 as the main outcome.
• We’re taking BTTS - Yes at 1.8 as a secondary play.
• Toni Fruk is our anytime scorer pick, as he has bagged 4 of his side’s last 8 goals.