NK Slaven Belupo 4-1 HNK Rijeka: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

Rijeka bring the stronger domestic rhythm and a recent record of controlling this fixture, but Koprivnica has often been an awkward stop. The visitors’ superiority is tempered by a meaningful late team-news issue: Mohebi and Junior Ligue have not travelled, while Fruk faces a fitness check. Slaven must stay compact around their double pivot and make the match about duels, second balls and set-pieces rather than open transitions. Rijeka’s deeper attacking options still give them the clearer route to taking charge if they establish territory early.

Head-to-head analysis

Rijeka have won six of the last ten meetings, with Slaven taking only one victory. The latest two April meetings both finished as Rijeka clean-sheet wins.

Injuries and absences

Rijeka’s confirmed travelling omissions of Mohebi and Junior Ligue remove two attacking options, while Fruk’s knee problem leaves a major question over the visitors’ preferred link play. Slaven have no reported absences in the supplied team news.

Form (last 5)

NK Slaven Belupo vs HNK Rijeka stats

Last meetings

• 2026-04-08HNK Rijeka 2-0 NK Slaven Belupo
• 2026-04-04NK Slaven Belupo 0-2 HNK Rijeka
• 2026-01-24HNK Rijeka 2-2 NK Slaven Belupo
• 2025-10-18NK Slaven Belupo 1-1 HNK Rijeka
• 2025-08-03HNK Rijeka 2-0 NK Slaven Belupo
• 2025-05-29HNK Rijeka 1-0 NK Slaven Belupo

Other HNL matches

• HNK Gorica – Rudes
• HNK Hajduk Split – Dinamo Zagreb
• NK Osijek – Istra 1961
• NK Lokomotiva Zagreb – NK Varazdin