On Saturday, October 22, 2016, Hajduk will play an away MAXtv First League, round 13 match against NK Istra 1961 at Aldo Drosina stadium in Pula, kick - off 15:00. In the round 4 played at Poljud at the beginning of August, Hajduk won 4:0 (Ohandza, Erceg, Tudor), while Zizic (Istra 1961) scored own goal.

After 12 rounds, Hajduk moved to third place with 24 points, while Istra is currently holding the 8th place with 10 points.

Coach Goran Tomic's team won two of their 12 championship matches, 4 matches ended in a draw while they lost 6 matches.

Match officials have been appointed. Igor Pajac from Sveti Ivan Zelina will be the match referee, while his assistant referees will be Goran Pataki from Dakovo and Dejan Berger from Vinkovci. Dalibor Conjar from Osijek is the fourth match official, while CFF also appointed additional assistant referees Igor Krizaric from Osijek and Mario Zebec from Cestica.