Wednesday , 30 September 2026

AZ vs HNK Rijeka, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2020-21
AZ
4 – 1
Full Time
HNK Rijeka
Thu 29 Oct 2020 · 20:00 UTC AFAS Stadion HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'
Y 13' Sandro Kulenovic
Teun Koopmeiners 17' Y
Albert Gudmundsson 31' Y
Y 34' Luka Menalo
Y 86' Ivan Lepinjica

Overview

Match Preview

AZ vs HNK Rijeka — Europe at AFAS Stadion.

  • AZ 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
  • HNK Rijeka 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

  • Referee Valery Danchenko
  • Referee Sergey Ivanov
  • Referee Sergey Lapochkin
  • Referee Roman Usachev

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompié 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahçe SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
1
AZ 2 games · Avg 4.0 goals HNK Rijeka
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-29 AZ 4–1 HNK Rijeka

Recent Form

AZ
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Oct HNK Rijeka H 4–1 W
25 Oct ADO Den Haag A 2–2 D
22 Oct SSC Napoli A 1–0 W
17 Oct VVV Venlo H 2–2 D
04 Oct Sparta Rotterdam A 4–4 D
26 Sep Fortuna Sittard A 3–3 D
HNK Rijeka
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Oct AZ A 1–4 L
22 Oct Real Sociedad de Fútbol H 0–1 L
01 Oct FC København A 1–0 W
24 Sep FK Kolos Kovalivka H 2–0 W
29 Aug KAA Gent H 1–1 D
22 Aug KAA Gent A 1–2 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
AZ this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

  • 0' AZ have kicked off against HNK Rijeka. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. AZ must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 6' Magnificent from Teun Koopmeiners! That is 79 goals in 308 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 11' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Domagoj Pavicic made 16 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 13' Poor challenge from Sandro Kulenovic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 17' Controversy at the stadium! Teun Koopmeiners argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 20' Against the run of play, Albert Gudmundsson has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 30' Franko Andrijasevic has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 31' AZ receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 31.
  • 34' The referee shows HNK Rijeka player a Yellow card on 34.
  • 39' It is a cagey affair so far. AZ in their trying to find a way past HNK Rijeka's compact .
  • 44' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 49' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AZ that had 308 games and scored 584 goals.
  • 51' Jesper Karlsson is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the forward.
  • 56' AZ started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
  • 60' Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with the perfectly-timed delivery and Albert Gudmundsson makes no mistake. 4-0!
  • 62' AZ ring the changes. Pantelis Chatzidiakos has done his job and it is now time for Ramon Leeuwin to step up.
  • 65' Time for substitution for HNK Rijeka. Franko Andrijasevic is replaced by Tibor Halilovic.
  • 66' Zakaria Aboukhlal is ready to make an impact after coming on for Calvin Stengs at the 66 minute mark.
  • 67' The AZ manager makes a substitution. Jesper Karlsson departs to be replaced by Hakon Evjen.
  • 72' Sandro Kulenovic doubles the advantage! 4-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 77' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 80' Fresh legs for HNK Rijeka! Momcilo Raspopovic comes on to replace Ivan Tomecak.
  • 85' HNK Rijeka come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 86' Ivan Lepinjica was booked on 86.
  • 90' Yusuf Barasi is replacing Albert Gudmundsson for the AZ side.
  • The final score is 4-1.

Lineups

AZ Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Arne Slot

HNK Rijeka Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Simon Rozman

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.32 AZ xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.11 HNK Rijeka xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + AZ to win 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AZ62% Draw21% HNK Rijeka17%
Actual: AZ win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.43
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

AZ or Draw
83%
Draw or HNK Rijeka
38%
AZ or HNK Rijeka
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AZ46% Draw39% HNK Rijeka15%
Actual: AZ win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9.4%
1 – 1
9.1%
2 – 0
8.7%
3 – 1
7.2%
1 – 0
7.1%
3 – 0
6.6%
2 – 2
5.1%
0 – 0
4.6%
1 – 2
4.5%
4 – 1
Actual
3 – 2
4%
4 – 0
3.8%

Asian Handicap — AZ

Handicap AZ covers Push HNK Rijeka covers
-2.5 23% — 77%
-2 23% 19% 59%
-1.5 41% — 59%
-1 41% 22% 37%
-0.5 63% — 37%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 10% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

AZ keeps clean sheet
34% ✓
HNK Rijeka keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.