Osijek 2-1 Rijeka: result and report
1. HNL · Saturday 17 February 2018
Result
Osijek 2-1 Rijeka
1. HNL · Saturday 17 February 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Osijek 2-1 Rijeka: match report
Osijek beat Rijeka 2-1 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 17 February 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.
Alen Grgic opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Osijek's goals came from Alen Grgic (49') and Haris Hajradinovic (49', penalty). Rijeka scored through Domagoj Pavicic (87').
Discipline: Osijek received 1 yellow card; Rijeka received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Osijek were 4th on 36 points from 21 and Rijeka 3rd on 38 points from 21. Osijek went on to finish that season 4th with 56 points, and Rijeka 2nd with 70.
Osijek lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rijeka in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Osijek wins, 2 draws and 6 for Rijeka.
Going into the match Osijek's last five read L-D-W-W-D and Rijeka's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 49'Goal · Alen Grgic
- 49'Penalty goal · Haris Hajradinovic
- 73'Yellow card · G. Boban
- 87'Goal · Domagoj Pavicic
Head-to-head
Team news
Osijek line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Malenica, Mateo Barac, Tomislav Šorša, Mile Skoric, Alen Grgic, Benedik Mioc, Eros Grezda, Robert Mudrazija, Dmytro Liopa, Haris Hajradinovic, Gabrijel Boban
Rijeka line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Sluga, Roberto Puncec, Leonard Žuta, Dario Župarić, Momcilo Raspopovic, Zoran Kvrzic, Srdjan Grahovac, Domagoj Pavicic, Filip Bradarić, Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Antonio Colak