HNK Rijeka vs AZ, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
HNK Rijeka vs AZ — Europe at Stadion HNK Rijeka.
- HNK Rijeka 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- AZ 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sergey Karasev
- Referee Igor Demeshko
- Referee Kirill Levnikov
- Referee Dmitriy Mosyakin
7 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 4.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21 2 Aston Villa FC 8 21 3 FC Midtjylland 8 19 4 Real Betis Balompie 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 Ferencvarosi 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 Fenerbahce 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Dec AZ H 2–1 W 03 Dec Real Sociedad de Futbol A 2–2 D 26 Nov SSC Napoli A 0–2 L 05 Nov SSC Napoli H 1–2 L 29 Oct AZ A 1–4 L 22 Oct Real Sociedad de Futbol H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 Dec HNK Rijeka A 1–2 L 06 Dec FC Groningen H 1–2 L 03 Dec SSC Napoli H 1–1 D 29 Nov Heracles Almelo A 2–1 W 26 Nov Real Sociedad de Futbol H 0–0 D 22 Nov FC Emmen H 1–0 W Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against HNK Rijeka and AZ has kicked off!
- 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 10' AZ seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Owen Wijndal made 288 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 18' AZ manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Timo Letschert is hanging Bruno Martins Indi on the field on 18 minute.
- 23' HNK Rijeka is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 28' HNK Rijeka receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 28.
- 33' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 38' AZ player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 43' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. HNK Rijeka needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' It’s a booking for AZ player. Fredrik Midtsjo gets a Yellow card.
- 50' It looks surprising AZ does not make any changes. Ivan Nevistic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 51' Luka Menalo puts HNK Rijeka on the lead.
- 56' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 56 minutes.
- 57' What an equalizer from Owen Wijndal!
- 62' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jesper Karlsson suffering a number of foals already.
- 67' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bruno Martins Indi, as he is very good at scoring at Stadion HNK Rijeka with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 71' Time for substitution for AZ. Albert Gudmundsson is replaced by Zakaria Aboukhlal.
- 76' It looks like no one’s ball. AZ is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 80' The referee calls foul for Jesper Karlsson. He receives a Red card.
- 82' The referee calls foul for Calvin Stengs. He receives a Yellow card.
- 87' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 89' Ferdy Druijf has so much to prove this time. He replaces Myron Boadu on 89 minute.
- Full Time. HNK Rijeka beats AZ
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Lineups
HNK Rijeka Lineups
Starting XI
- 27
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17
Luka Menalo ↓ Sandro Kulenovic 71'
- 19
- 4
- 31
- 44
- 36
- 8
- 33
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7
Robert Muric ↓ Domagoj Pavicic 71'
- 24
Bench
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99
Sandro Kulenovic ↑ 71'
- 23
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10
Domagoj Pavicic ↑ 71'
- 32
- 26
- 14
- 15
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 11
Coach Simon RozmanAZ Lineups
Starting XI
- 28
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 8
- 6
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9
Myron Boadu ↓ Ferdy Druijf 89'
- 15
- 26
- 11
Bench
- 24
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14
Ferdy Druijf ↑ 89'
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22
Timo Letschert ↑ 18'
- 10
- 16
- 27
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17
Zakaria Aboukhlal ↑ 71'
- 18
- 55
- 19
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Albert Gudmundsson 2 Teun Koopmeiners 1 Jesper Karlsson 1 Sandro Kulenovic 1 Owen Wijndal 1 Ivan Tomecak 1 Luka Menalo 1 Head to Head
HNK Rijeka Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.41 HNK Rijeka xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.46 AZ xGI would bet for: HNK Rijeka or AZ 73% + Both teams to score 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: HNK Rijeka winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.87Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 54% 46% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
HNK Rijeka or Draw 66%Draw or AZ 61%HNK Rijeka or AZ 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.6%1 – 2 8.2%2 – 1 Actual0 – 0 7.6%0 – 1 7.4%1 – 0 7.1%0 – 2 6%2 – 2 5.8%2 – 0 5.5%1 – 3 4%3 – 1 3.7%2 – 3 2.9%Asian Handicap — HNK Rijeka
Handicap HNK Rijeka covers Push AZ covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 10% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 18% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 19% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 11% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
HNK Rijeka keeps clean sheet 24% ✓AZ keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.