Varaždin 0-2 Rijeka: result and report
1. HNL · Saturday 28 September 2019
Result
Varaždin 0-2 Rijeka
1. HNL · Saturday 28 September 2019, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Varaždin 0-2 Rijeka: match report
Varaždin lost to Rijeka 0-2 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 28 September 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.
Rodrigo Escoval opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Varaždin did not score. Rijeka scored through Rodrigo Escoval (12') and Tibor Halilovic (36').
Discipline: Varaždin received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Rijeka received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Varaždin were 9th on 7 points from 9 and Rijeka 3rd on 15 points from 8. Varaždin went on to finish that season 8th with 36 points, and Rijeka 3rd with 64.
Varaždin lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rijeka in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Varaždin win, 4 draws and 5 for Rijeka.
Going into the match Varaždin's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Rijeka's W-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Rodrigo Escoval
- 36'Goal · Tibor Halilovic
- 38'Yellow card · Neven Djurasek
- 52'Yellow card · D. Župarić
- 69'Second yellow · Neven Djurasek
- 87'Yellow card · M. Senić
- 90'Yellow card · Robert Muric
- 90+1'Yellow card · Tibor Halilovic
Head-to-head
Team news
Varaždin line-up (4-3-3)
Ivan Nevistic, Vladan Adzic, Daniel Stefulj, Marko Stolnik, Nikola Tkalčić, Ivan Posavec, Karlo Težak, Neven Djurasek, Jessie Guera Djou, Leon Benko, Vitaliy Lisakovich
Rijeka line-up (4-2-3-1)
Andrej Prskalo, Dario Župarić, Rodrigo Escoval, Hrvoje Smolcic, Zoran Kvrzic, T. Halilović, Franko Andrijašević, Stjepan Loncar, Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Alexander Gorgon, Jakov Puljic