VARAžDIN. Rijeka was ultimately too much to handle for Varaždin with the goal of M. Frigan (47′), L. Selahi (85′) and A. Grgic (90′).

The match was played at the Stadion Anđelko Herjavec stadium in Varaždin on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Duje Strukan who had the assistance of Alen Jakšić and Vice Vidović. The 4th official was Toni Dadić. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Varaždin was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Rijeka that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rijeka was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rijeka won the match.​

Varaždin shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rijeka shot 21 times, 7 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Varaždin received 3 yellow cards (F. Brodic, A. Herrera and L. Jelenic). On the other side, Rijeka received 1 yellow card (P. Alvarez).

(Varaždin) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (45′).

Standings

After this match, Varaždin will stay with 22 points to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Rijeka will have 15 points like Lokomotiva Zagreb to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Varaždin will play away against Gorica on the 27th of May with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Rijeka will play away agasint Gorica on the 22nd of April with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Varaždin – Formation

Varaždin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nikola Šafarić decided to play with the following team: Oliver Zelenika (6.5), Jozo Stanić (6.8), Luka Jelenić (7.0), Lamine Ba (5.8), Matija Kolarić (6.5), David Puclin (6.4), Agon Elezi (6.1), Fran Brodić (6.5), Marin Pilj (6.6), Ivan Posavec (6.5) and Karlo Perić (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Božidar Radošević, Jorgo Pëllumbi (6.2), Itsuki Urata, Luka Škaričić, Lovro Banovec (6.7), Demir Peco, Leon Belcar, Andris Herrera (6.7), Ivan Ćubelić, Noa Vugrinec and Niko Domjanić.

Substitutions

Varaždin made 5 changes: I. Posavec for A. Herrera (46′), K. Peric for J. Pellumbi (46′), A. Elezi for L. Banovec (66′), F. Brodic for M. Sego (77′) and J. Stanic for N. Domjanic (88′).

Best player: Karlo Perić​

The player that probably impressed the most for Varaždin was Karlo Perić.

His rating is (7.1) with 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He performed 2 crosses.

Rijeka – Formation

Rijeka started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Serse Cosmi played with: Nediljko Labrović (7.3), Ivan Smolčić (6.8), Mateo Pavlović (7.3), Andrija Vukčević (7.4), Alen Grgić (6.6), Veldin Hodža (6.8), Lindon Selahi (8.4), Pablo Álvarez (7.3), Prince Ampem (6.9), Mario Vrančić (7.9) and Matija Frigan (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Martin Zlomislić, Anton Krešić, Nikita Vlasenko, Duje Dujmović, Damjan Pavlović (6.8), Jorge Obregón (6.6), Alen Halilović, Andro Babić, Gabriel Lunetta (6.7), Näis Djouahra, Matej Vuk and Bernard Karrica.

Substitutions

Rijeka made 4 changes: V. Hodza for D. Pavlovic (72′), P. O. Ampem for G. Lunetta (78′), M. Frigan for J. Obregon (79′) and L. Selahi for N. Djouahra (86′).

Best player: Lindon Selahi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rijeka was Lindon Selahi.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.​

• Varaždin – Rijeka – 0-3
• Dinamo Zagreb – Šibenik – 3-0