HNK Rijeka vs KAA Gent, Europe 2019-20 PLAY OFF ROUND
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Overview
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HNK Rijeka vs KAA Gent — Europe .
- HNK Rijeka 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- KAA Gent 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Francois Letexier
- Referee Cyril Mugnier
- Referee Mehdi Rahmouni
- Referee Jerome Brisard
36 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 6.4 goals/game 🟥 2 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 29 Aug KAA Gent H 1–1 D 22 Aug KAA Gent A 1–2 L 15 Aug Aberdeen FC A 2–0 W 08 Aug Aberdeen FC H 2–0 W 16 Aug Sarpsborg 08 FF H 0–1 L 09 Aug Sarpsborg 08 FF A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Aug HNK Rijeka A 1–1 D 22 Aug HNK Rijeka H 2–1 W 18 Aug KV Oostende H 2–0 W 15 Aug AEK Larnaka H 3–0 W 11 Aug Royal Excel Mouscron A 1–2 L 08 Aug AEK Larnaka A 1–1 D Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against HNK Rijeka and KAA Gent has kicked off!
- 5' Mikael Lustig needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 19' It is a substitution in HNK Rijeka team. Antonio-Mirko Colak is replaced by Jakov Puljic on 19 minute.
- 21' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jakov Puljic on 21.
- 26' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering HNK Rijeka that had 16 games and scored 20 goals.
- 31' Goal! Jakov Puljic scores his 1 goal in 16 matches.
- 33' Goal! Ihor Plastun scores his 5 goal in 294 matches.
- 38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 43' Laurent Depoitre has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 46 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 48' It looks surprising HNK Rijeka does not make any changes. Brecht Dejaegere has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 53' HNK Rijeka is showing some good football. However, HNK Rijeka are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 56' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Luka Capan.
- 61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 66' It’s high time Igor Biscan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 67' KAA Gent receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 67.
- 71' Another substitution for HNK Rijeka to replace Luka Capan by Robert Muric on 71 minute.
- 76' KAA Gent 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.
- 77' It is a substitution in HNK Rijeka team. Tibor Halilovic is replaced by Alexander Gorgon on 77 minute.
- 78' KAA Gent manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Alessio Castro-Montes is hanging Sven Kums on the field on 78 minute.
- 81' Giorgi Kvilitaia has so much to prove this time. He replaces Laurent Depoitre on 81 minute.
- 86' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 88' The referee calls foul for Nana Asare. He receives a Yellow card.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
HNK Rijeka Lineups
Starting XI
- 27
- 14
- 4
- 13
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Luka Capan ↓ Robert Muric 71'
- 32
- 17
- 29
- 44
- 8
- 6
Bench
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20
Alexander Gorgon ↑ 77'
- 26
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21
Jakov Puljic ↑ 19'
- 5
- 25
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Robert Muric ↑ 71'
- 30
Coach Igor BiscanKAA Gent Lineups
Starting XI
- 29
- 6
- 23
- 24
- 21
- 19
- 16
- 32
- 8
- 5
- 1
Bench
- 15
- 33
- 11
- 76
- 26
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Giorgi Kvilitaia ↑ 81'
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Alessio Castro-Montes ↑ 78'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Laurent Depoitre 2 Tibor Halilovic 1 Ihor Plastun 1 Jakov Puljic 1 HNK Rijeka Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.22 HNK Rijeka xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.1 KAA Gent xGI would bet for: HNK Rijeka or KAA Gent 69% + Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.32Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
HNK Rijeka or Draw 68%Draw or KAA Gent 62%HNK Rijeka or KAA Gent 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 12.1%1 – 0 10.8%0 – 1 9.6%2 – 1 7.8%2 – 0 7%1 – 2 7%0 – 2 5.7%2 – 2 4.4%3 – 1 3.2%3 – 0 2.8%1 – 3 2.6%Asian Handicap — HNK Rijeka
Handicap HNK Rijeka covers Push KAA Gent covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 21% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 19% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
HNK Rijeka keeps clean sheet 34% ✓KAA Gent keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

