Rijeka 3-1 Osijek: result and report
1. HNL · Sunday 17 March 2019
Result
Rijeka 3-1 Osijek
1. HNL · Sunday 17 March 2019, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Rijeka 3-1 Osijek: match report
Rijeka won against Osijek 3-1 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 17 March 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Tibor Halilovic opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Tibor Halilovic (10'), Ivan Lepinjica (29') and J. Puljić (86'). Osijek scored through Muzafer Ejupi (82').
Discipline: Rijeka received 2 yellow cards; Osijek received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rijeka were 2nd on 44 points from 24 and Osijek 3rd on 42 points from 24. Rijeka went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Osijek 3rd with 62.
Rijeka lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Osijek in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rijeka wins, 1 draw and 3 for Osijek.
Going into the match Rijeka's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Osijek's D-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Alen Grgic
- 10'Goal · Tibor Halilovic
- 28'Yellow card · Ivan Lepinjica
- 29'Goal · Ivan Lepinjica
- 33'Yellow card · Guti
- 59'Yellow card · Mile Skoric
- 65'Yellow card · Maxwell Acosty
- 65'Yellow card · Domagoj Pušić
- 82'Goal · Muzafer Ejupi
- 86'Goal · J. Puljić
- 90+4'Yellow card · László Kleinheisler
Head-to-head
Team news
Rijeka line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Sluga, Dario Župarić, Darko Velkovski, Hrvoje Smolcic, Ivan Lepinjica, Zoran Kvrzic, T. Halilović, Robert Muric, Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Alexander Gorgon, Jakov Puljic
Osijek line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marko Malenica, Guti, Mile Skoric, Alen Grgic, Erik Janza, László Kleinheisler, Karlo Kamenar, Domagoj Pušić, Marin Pilj, Mirko Maric, Kristal Abazaj