On Saturday, Hajduk is the host to Rijeka at Poljud stadium for the 24th round of MAXtv First League. This will be the 72nd Adriatic derby in the First Croatian Football League.

In the previous 71 matches, Hajduk has 29 wins, 18 games ended in a draw, while Rijeka won 24 matches. From a total of 190 goals scored, Hajduk scored 100, and conceded 90.

In the matches at Poljud, Hajduk has been significantly more successful. Out of 35 matches, they celebrated 17 times, Rijeka has 9 wins and 9 matches ended in a draw. The goal difference is 62:43 for Hajduk. In average, Hajduk scored 1.41 goals to Rijeka per match, and the most goals were scored by Zvonimir Deranja, who scored 7 goals for Hajduk in the matches against Rijeka.

Hajduk's biggest victory against Rijeka was in the season 2003/2004, when they won 4:0. The most common result in the Adriatic derbies is 2:1, as many as 13 games ended with that result.

In the last match at Poljud, Rijeka won 4:2 and It should be noted that this will be the first match against Rijeka in which Hajduk's coach Joan Carrillo will lead his team against coach Matjaz Kek's team.