Rijeka 3-1 Varaždin: result and report

1. HNL · Sunday 12 March 2023

Result

Rijeka 3-1 Varaždin

1. HNL · Sunday 12 March 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rijeka · Varaždin · 1. HNL predictions

Rijeka 3-1 Varaždin: match report

Rijeka beat Varaždin 3-1 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 12 March 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lindon Selahi opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Lindon Selahi (45'), Prince Ampem (53') and Emmanuel Banda (58'). Varaždin scored through Luka Jelenic (88').

Discipline: Rijeka received 1 yellow card; Varaždin received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rijeka were 8th on 31 points from 24 and Varaždin 4th on 33 points from 24. Rijeka went on to finish that season 3rd with 41 points, and Varaždin 6th with 39.

Rijeka lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Varaždin in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lindon Selahi of Rijeka (8.4), ahead of Danilo Veiga (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Rijeka wins, 1 draw and 2 for Varaždin.

Going into the match Rijeka's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Varaždin's W-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Lamine BaVaraždin
  • 39'Yellow card · David PuclinVaraždin
  • 45'Goal · Lindon SelahiRijeka · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Prince AmpemRijeka · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Domagoj DrozdekVaraždin
  • 58'Goal · Emmanuel BandaRijeka · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Bruno GodaRijeka
  • 88'Goal · Luka JelenicVaraždin · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rijeka 7, draws 1, Varaždin 2.

Team news

Rijeka line-up (4-1-4-1)

Nediljko Labrovic, Danilo Veiga, Niko Galesic, Emir Dilaver, Bruno Goda, Veldin Hodza, Prince Ampem, Lindon Selahi, Niko Jankovic, Antonio Marin, Jorge Obregón

Varaždin line-up (4-2-3-1)

Oliver Zelenika, Jozo Stanic, Lamine Ba, Luka Jelenic, Itsuki Urata, David Puclin, Marin Pilj, Lovro Banovec, Tonio Teklic, Domagoj Drožđek, Michele Sego