Rijeka 2-0 Varaždin: result and report

1. HNL · Sunday 3 March 2024

Result

Rijeka 2-0 Varaždin

1. HNL · Sunday 3 March 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rijeka · Varaždin · 1. HNL predictions

Rijeka 2-0 Varaždin: match report

Rijeka beat Varaždin 2-0 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 3 March 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.

Niko Galesic opened the scoring in the 79th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Niko Galesic (79') and Matej Mitrovic (90'). Varaždin did not score.

Discipline: Rijeka received 2 yellow cards; Varaždin received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rijeka were 2nd on 50 points from 24 and Varaždin 8th on 26 points from 23. Rijeka went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Varaždin 6th with 42.

Rijeka lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Varaždin in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Niko Galesic of Rijeka (8.8), ahead of Matej Mitrović (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rijeka wins, 1 draw and 3 for Varaždin.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Antonio BoršićVaraždin
  • 28'Yellow card · Marko DabroVaraždin
  • 63'Yellow card · Ivan SmolcicRijeka
  • 77'Yellow card · Emmanuel BandaRijeka
  • 79'Goal · Niko GalesicRijeka · 1-0
  • 90'Goal · Matej MitrovicRijeka · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rijeka 6, draws 1, Varaždin 3.

Team news

Rijeka line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nediljko Labrovic, Ivan Smolcic, Niko Galesic, Stjepan Radeljic, Bruno Bogojevic, Veldin Hodza, Lindon Selahi, Marco Pašalić, Dejan Petrovic, Marko Pjaca, Mirko Maric

Varaždin line-up (4-3-3)

D. Mamic, Marko Vukcevic, Luka Jelenic, Lamine Ba, Antonio Borsic, Karlo Lusavec, Mario Marina, Leon Belcar, Dimitar Mitrovski, Marko Dabro, Michele Sego