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. It will be their 30th official match in the First Croatian League.

In the previous 29 matches, Hajduk won 13 and lost 9 matches, while 7 matches ended in a draw. Hajduk also has better goal difference, they scored 44 and conceded 26 goals.

Hajduk and Istra played 13 matches in Pula out of which each team won 5 matches and 3 matches ended in a draw. In the season 2010/2011, Hajduk won 6:1, which is their biggest win against the team from Pula.

Hajduk defeated Istra in each of their last 4 matches and didn't concede a goal (goal difference 12:0). In their last match played at the beginning of August at Poljud, 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 (Split, Inter Zapresic), 4 matches ended in a draw (Lokomotiva, Slaven Belupo, Cibalia, Osijek), while they lost 6 matches (Osijek, Hajduk, Dinamo, Lokomotiva and Rijeka twice).