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Rijeka vs Varaždin Live Stream, Predictions
Rijeka play host to the visiting Varaždin at Stadion HNK Rijeka in this Prva Liga tie on Sunday.
View all Rijeka v Varaždin tips, stats and our pre-match poll below including the latest game odds.
📊 Form Guide
Rijeka
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Rijeka, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Prva Liga triumph versus Istra 1961.
In that game, Rijeka had 39% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The only player to score for Rijeka was Niko Janković (22', 95'). Istra 1961 got 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that there has been much resilience in the Rijeka defence. Rijeka have given the opposition little, resulting in the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their last six outings standing at 4. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.
Varaždin
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Varaždin will go into this clash after a 2-0 Prva Liga win against Šibenik in their previous outing.
In that game, Varaždin managed 57% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Varaždin, the scorers were Fran Brodić (45') and Tonio Teklić (54'). Šibenik got 9 shots on goal with 4 on target.
Over the course of their last six outings, Varaždin have bagged a tally of 7 goals. Varaždin have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. Over that period, their defenders have had 9 goals go against them.
↔️ Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 17/10/2020 shows us that Rijeka have won 4 of these games and Varaždin 2, with the tally of drawn results being 0.
A combined total of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 from Riječki bijeli and 7 coming from Bumbari. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
The previous league contest between the two was Prva Liga match day 16 on 06/11/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Varaždin 0-3 Rijeka.
The referee was Duje Strukan.
📰 Team News: Rijeka
The Rijeka boss Sergej Jakirović doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this game with a completely injury-free group to choose from.
🗞️ Team News: Varaždin
With a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Varaždin manager Mario Kovačević does not have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.
⚡ Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Varaždin may find it difficult to be putting a goal past this Rijeka side who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Rijeka at the end of this game.
Let’s see.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 02:25 08/03/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Rijeka
Formed: 1906
Stadium: Stadion HNK Rijeka (8,191)
Captain: Nediljko Labrović
Chairman: Damir Mišković
Manager: Sergej Jakirović
Competitions: Prva Liga position 7
⭐ Star Man: Jorge Obregón

Normally deployed in the Striker position, Jorge Obregón was born in Puerto Tejada, Colombia. After having played his first senior match for Rijeka in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Forward has managed 3 league goals in the HNL 2022 - 2023 season to date coming from a total of 19 appearances.
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24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 56 | WWWDL |
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24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 44 | LWWLL |
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24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 36 | LDLLD |
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24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 33 | LLLWW |
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25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | -12 | 33 | DLWDL |
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25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 31 | WLLWW |
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24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 31 | LWDLL |
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24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 31 | WWWLW |
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25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -12 | 23 | LWDLW |
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25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -19 | 16 | LLWDW |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 3.4 |
Red cards | 0.3 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 7-2 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 56 |
Time first goal conceded | 56 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.7 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Matija Frigan | 8 |
Prince Ampem | 3 |
Jorge Obregón | 3 |
Haris Vučkić | 3 |
Niko Janković | 2 |
Fran Brodić | 8 |
Tonio Teklić | 7 |
Agon Elezi | 3 |
Michele Šego | 3 |
Niko Domjanić | 1 |
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