RIJEKA. Rijeka topped Osijek to win 2-1. M. Pjaca was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Rijeka to strike first with a goal of Marko Pjaca at the 47′. Then Marko Pjaca scored again for Rijeka in the 55′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Petar Pušić reduced the distance for Osijek (85′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stadion HNK Rijeka stadium in Rijeka on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 6,373 spectators. The referee was Patrik Kolarić who had the assistance of Nikola Kečkiš and Ivan Starčević. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.07 degrees Celsius or 75.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Rijeka was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Osijek that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rijeka was more aggressive with 78 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rijeka won the match.
Rijeka shot 26 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Osijek shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Rijeka received 1 yellow card (Lindon Selahi). On the opposite side, Osijek received 6 yellow cards (Denys Garmash, Kristijan Lovrić, Filip Živković, Denys Garmash, Petar Pušić and Jovan Manev).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Rijeka will have 13 points like Dinamo Zagreb to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Osijek will stay with 11 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. HNL, Rijeka will host Gorica on the 20th of April with a 10-7 head to head stats in favor of Gorica (3 draws).
Osijek will play away agasint Gorica on the 27th of April with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Osijek (6 draws).
Rijeka – Formation
Rijeka
75'
45'
47', 55'
Rijeka adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Sergej Jakirović decided to play with the following team: Nediljko Labrović , Ivan Smolčić , Niko Galešić , Matej Mitrović , Bruno Goda , Niko Janković , Lindon Selahi , Marco Pašalić , Toni Fruk , Marko Pjaca and Franjo Ivanović .
The home team had on the bench: Steven Juncaj, Jorge Obregón , Emmanuel Banda , Martin Zlomislić, Alen Grgić, Stjepan Radeljić, Silvio Ilinković, Bruno Bogojević, Aleksa Todorović, Emir Dilaver and Danilo Filipe Melo Veiga.
Substitutions
Rijeka made 4 changes: Lindon Selahi for Emir Dilaver (75′), Franjo Ivanović for Jorge Obregón (76′), Toni Fruk for Stjepan Radeljić (90′) and Marko Pjaca for Emmanuel Banda (62′).
Best player: Marko Pjaca
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Marko Pjaca.
His rating is with 2 goals, 25 passes (56% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.
Osijek – Formation
Osijek
Also Osijek adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stjepan Tomas played with: Marko Malenica , Šime Gržan , André Duarte , Jovan Manev , Renan Guedes , Darko Nejašmić , Petar Brlek , Domagoj Bukvić , Petar Pušić , Kristijan Lovrić and Ramón Miérez .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Styopa Mkrtchyan, Ivan Fiolić , Marko Barešić, Denys Garmash , Marin Prekodravac, Filip Živković , Slavko Bralić, Nail Omerović and Oleksandr Drambaev .
Substitutions
Osijek made 6 changes: Marco Pašalić for Bruno Bogojević (90′), Ramón Miérez for Filip Živković (79′), Kristijan Lovrić for Nail Omerović (70′), Šime Gržan for Oleksandr Drambaev (59′), Darko Nejašmić for Denys Garmash (60′) and Domagoj Bukvić for Ivan Fiolić (59′).
Best player: Petar Pušić
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Osijek was Petar Pušić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.
- Rijeka – Osijek – 2-1
- Dinamo Zagreb – Slaven Koprivnica – 3-0
