Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round between Djurgården and Rijeka. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's quite the trip for Rijeka when visiting Djurgården as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.
These are full days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the Allsvenskan. That game was an away game at Häcken, so at least Djurgården are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Djurgården form and stats
Djurgården have been very solid at home in the Allsvenskan so far, with 22 points collected from 8 matches (7-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
A good away victory last time out for Djurgården, who won 2-1 against Häcken. Andersson was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.02 out of 10. The defender Andersson scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Djurgården have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
It's goals goals goals for Djurgården who have scored 25 goals from 8 league home games. Djurgården are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tele2 Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 8 matches.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka was sent out of Europa Conference League in the play-offs last season, when PAOK turned out to be too strong.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Rijeka playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season.
The Rijeka goalkeeper Nediljko Labrovic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 211 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa Conference League home loss versus Djurgården with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that result Rijeka won their away game at Sibenik in the 1. HNL. The scoreline was 1-0.After this away game Rijeka return home for a 1. HNL game against Gorica. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Rijeka has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Rijeka - Djurgården 1-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams previously played each other, some time ago this season.Top Goalscorers
  V. Edvardsen 6 goals |  J. Asoro 5 goals | E. Banda 4 goals |
Djurgården missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Djurgården | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 8.5 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Djurgården | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 33 |
| 2 | Häcken | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | AIK | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Hammarby | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 6 | Kalmar | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Mjällby | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | IFK Göteborg | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Sirius | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Elfsborg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 20 |
| 11 | Norrköping | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Varberg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 13 | Varnamo | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 14 | Helsingborg | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 15 | GIF Sundsvall | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -22 | 10 |
| 16 | Degerfors | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Osijek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Varazdin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 8 | Gorica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Sibenik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
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