

Round 19
Rijeka vs Lokomotiva
26.01.2025,17:00

Rijeka welcomes NK Lokomotiva to the HNK Rijeka stadium on Sunday, January 26th at 5 p.m. in the 19th round of the SuperSport HNL. The Whites are opening the second half of the season as the league's leading team, and their goal and desire is to remain in this position after the next 18 rounds. But they will need to show that on the pitch, starting with the demanding Sunday clash. Lokomotiva ended the first part of the season with two great wins against Gorica and Dinamo, and in the second part of the season, I expect them to be one of the toughest opponents in the league.
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Form: DWLDW
The only undefeated team in the HNL enters the rest of the season weakened, but Djalovic's troops will certainly not give up what they have earned with great difficulty this autumn to their competitors without a fight. Although Rijeka will welcome the match of the 19th round of the HNL against Lokomotiva at Rujevica as the championship leader and the only team that has not registered a defeat in the domestic championship this season, the general impression among the fans, and a little wider, is that Rijeka are not exactly in a wonderful situation. And the impression is probably rightly so. And while this winter the competitors (Dinamo, Hajduk, and Osijek) strengthened their squads, signed new contracts with important players and invested in the present and the future, Rijeka wrote “for sale” in large letters on the entrance door of the Rujevica camp. Galesic's transfer to Dinamo was a dagger to the heart of all Rijeka supporters. Their problem is not the sale as a sale, not even the fact that he went to their biggest rival, but how the transfer was carried out, how the club communicated before the transfer, and the date when the deal was completed. The fans are furious, and I expect a lot of problems in the second part of the season for Rijeka.
Lokomotiva Zagreb
Form: WDWWW
Cabraja's boys are entering the spring continuation of the season at Rujevica, first and foremost - the most difficult challenge. Because Rijeka are the leading team in the HNL, as we like to say, the autumn champion. And Lokomotiva had a story in the prelude to the spring start that filled the media space quite a bit. We are talking about Dujo Cop, of course, about his desire to continue his career in Kvarner, in Lokomotiva's first opponent this Sunday. “We are not counting on Cop anymore” - the Lokomotiva coach was clear. Lokomotiva finished the autumn part of the season with 19 points. This is a clear sign that they will fight to stay in the first league in the spring part of the season. It will certainly be exciting for them until the very end, but as we have learned all these years, the boys from Kajzerica always find a way to put things in their place. I think that staying in the league isn’t a problem for this team, they are certainly looking to move up to the middle of the table which is something I believe they can do.
Expert Betting Tips
Lokomotiva will surely come motivated. We remember how they stopped Rijeka last season in Zagreb when Rijeka were in a rush and fighting for the title, and also this fall when it was 2:2. I expect that they will have a great motive, the league is of high quality and they have to repeat the editions from the end of autumn, especially in terms of aggressiveness and energy. That is why I think that both teams will score a goal in this encounter, although I think that Rijeka will manage to take all three points in the end.
Our prediction for the match is over 2.5 goals for the odds of 2 at 1xbet.
Our second prediction home win and over 2.5 goals for odds of 2.5 at Betway.
Our third prediction – home win and both teams to score for odds of 4 at Bet365.
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