Inter Zapresic vs Rijeka
In addition to the match between Dinamo Zagreb against Osijek in the phase of the Croatian Cup semi-final, there was also a match between Inter Zapresic who acted as host to host Rijeka at the SRC Zaprešić Stadium. This match also repeated the Croatian trophy in 2017 where they met in the quarter-finals and Rijeka got rid of Inter Zapresic with a score of 2-1.
Inter Zapresic qualified for the semi-finals after in the previous round they defeated Vinogradar 3 goals without twelve, even though Inter Zapresic was more favored because Vinogradar was not a team from the main league but at least Inter Zapresic performed well because of winning 10 players. J. Brezovec had to leave the match after getting a second yellow card on 32 minutes.
But Inter Zapresik showed its quality as a major league representative, the scorers in the match were K. Andrić, K. Muhar and A. Bosec. Turning to Rijeka who played harder by getting rid of Lokomotiva Zagreb 1-2, although he had left behind by 1 point but Heber and A. Gorgon gave a goal for Rijeka and turned things around. Rijeka is considered to have more quality than Inter Zapresic.
The difference in strength between Inter Zapresic and Rijeka is that from their last 10 meetings, Inter Zapresic has never won just holding Rijeka’s draw 1 time and 9 remaining games are defeated. Even in the last meeting of the two teams 10 days ago Rijeka beat Inter Zapresic with 7-0, the score was Rijeka’s biggest win of the season. So it is likely that the hosts will be defeated and Rijeka will advance to the final.
Our Prediction: 2
Odds: 1.40