Rudes vs Rijeka Prediction: Can Rudes surprise Rijeka?

On Saturday, starting at 7 p.m., Rijeka are visiting Rudes in Zagreb. Sopic's team enters this match as the favorite and leader on the table, while Rudes are already relegated and almost without any mathematical chance to avoid it. However, Rudes always enters in those matches against the biggest Croatian teams with high motivation and ambition, so Rijeka will have to take this match very seriously.

Form: LLWLL

We can say that Rudes accepted that they are going to be relegated at the end of the season, even though they started the season very optimistic and with high hopes. They have only 7 points after 27 matches played, 20 points less than the team above them Slaven Belupo. They are playing these matches without any pressure, many young players are given a chance to perform on the big scene. In the last round, they lost against Dinamo Zagreb in this stadium 3:0.

Form: WWWWL

After the representative break, Rijeka's football players are facing the easiest possible away game in the league, the one in Kranjceviceva against the written-off Rudes. Concerning the quality, the game that they continuously show, and finally the view of the league standings, this time Rijeka will arrive in Zagreb as an absolute favorite, but for the winning song they will have to play just like that - like a champion. Rijeka coach Zeljko Sopis is also aware of this. Before the match he said that it’s easy only on “paper”, the match must be played, all players to be focused and the 3 points are a must at this stage of the championship. This is the easiest opponent for Rijeka before they enter a little more difficult period when they will play in the semi-finals of the national Cup and next week they are facing Hajduk Split.

In recent matches, Rudes showed that they lacked focus or are losing in during the match and their physical abilities are not on the level of this league. It was obvious in the last match against Dinamo when they were holding in the first half and were lost in the second. Rijeka on the other hand in the last 10 matches have 9 wins and a defeat, and are 1st in the table with reason. In this match the question of the winner is clear, it’s only unclear how much Rijeka will want to push and score goals against Rudes.