The New Saints 1-5 Rijeka: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 18 July 2017

Result

The New Saints 1-5 Rijeka

Champions League · Tuesday 18 July 2017, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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The New Saints 1-5 Rijeka: match report

The New Saints lost to Rijeka 1-5 in the Champions League on Tuesday 18 July 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Florentin Matei opened the scoring in the 41st minute. The New Saints's goal came from A. Cieślewicz (69'). Rijeka scored through Florentin Matei (41'), Mario Gavranovic (54'), Alexander Gorgon (61'), Stefan Ristovski (64') and Mario Gavranovic (79').

Discipline: The New Saints received 1 yellow card; Rijeka received no yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

The New Saints lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rijeka in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 The New Saints wins, 0 draws and 1 for Rijeka.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Florentin MateiRijeka · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Mario GavranovicRijeka · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · Alexander GorgonRijeka · 0-3
  • 64'Goal · Stefan RistovskiRijeka · 0-4
  • 69'Goal · A. CieślewiczThe New Saints · 1-4
  • 74'Yellow card · J. RoutledgeThe New Saints
  • 79'Goal · Mario GavranovicRijeka · 1-5

Head-to-head

1 meetings: The New Saints 0, draws 0, Rijeka 1.

Team news

The New Saints line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Harrison, Simon Spender, Steven Saunders, Connell Rawlinson, Ryan Pryce, Ryan Brobbel, Aeron Edwards, Jon Routledge, Jamie Mullan, Scott Quigley, Wes Fletcher

Rijeka line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Sluga, Stefan Ristovski, Josip Elez, Dario Župarić, Leonard Žuta, Marko Vesovic, Filip Bradarić, Josip Misic, Florentin Matei, Héber, Alexander Gorgon