Rijeka vs Gorica Prediction: Rijeka are huge favorite

The penultimate match of the 31st round of the HNL will be played at the sold-out Rujevica stadium between Rijeka and Gorica. It's a clash between two teams whose matches against each other are often exciting, to say the least, and that's exactly what happened in the last two matches when Rijeka first came to Gorica in the 89th minute to turn around and won 3-2, and then two and a half weeks later, on the same field, in a match with as many as four penalty kicks, the team of Zeljko Sopic, on the wings of Jorge Obregon, managed to win extremely important three points and celebrate with 2-0. This match does not have the same weight for one and the other. Victory is necessary for the team of Rijeka, not least for Gorica. Since they are very familiar with the quality of Gorica, Rijeka must not allow themselves to underestimate this opponent.

Form: WWWWW

Since Sopic is a former manager of Gorica and "knows the heart" of most of the team, he, together with the staff, is expected to do good scouting once again so that he remains at 100% performance against his former team since he took over Rijeka. So far, he has three wins in three games, and the first one, played at Rujevica in the 13th round of the HNL, was won with a goal by Marco Pasalic, who in the 7th minute split the net of the powerless Banic. with a phenomenal shot. The other two matches were played in Gorica in winter conditions and Rijeka also won those.

Form: LDWDL

Gorica are playing without any pressure, they are in 6th place with 35 points, far from the relegation zone but also far from the places that lead to Europe. In the last 5 matches in the league, they have a win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. As visitors, they are undefeated in their last 3 matches drawing 2 and winning one.

Today's match will be the 25th between these two teams. Rijeka are slightly better, so far they have 11 victories, Gorica one less, while only three games have ended without a winner. In this match, Rijeka enters with a clear goal to win and remain in 1st place in front of Dinamo. Again they sold out the stadium and Rijeka will have huge support against Gorica, I believe that is enough for this team to perform well and win all 3 points.