Gent 2-1 Rijeka: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 22 August 2019
Result
Gent 2-1 Rijeka
Europa League · Thursday 22 August 2019, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Gent 2-1 Rijeka: match report
Gent defeated Rijeka 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
Tibor Halilovic opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Gent's goals came from Laurent Depoitre (57') and Laurent Depoitre (71'). Rijeka scored through Tibor Halilovic (40').
Discipline: Gent received 3 yellow cards; Rijeka received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Gent were 40th on 7 points from 4 and Rijeka 55th on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Gent lined up in a 4-4-2 and Rijeka in a 5-3-2.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Elisha Owusu
- 33'Yellow card · Zoran Kvrzic
- 40'Goal · Tibor Halilovic
- 57'Goal · Laurent Depoitre
- 58'Yellow card · Roman Yaremchuk
- 68'Yellow card · J. David
- 71'Goal · Laurent Depoitre
Team news
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Gent line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Kaminski, Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Nana Asare, Mikael Lustig, Igor Plastun, Elisha Owusu, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Jonathan David, Brecht Dejaegere, Roman Yaremchuk, Laurent Depoitre
Rijeka line-up (5-3-2)
Andrej Prskalo, Roberto Puncec, Zoran Kvrzic, Dario Župarić, Momcilo Raspopovic, Luka Capan, Ivan Lepinjica, T. Halilović, Stjepan Loncar, Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Antonio Colak