Lille host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. Rijeka will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadion HNK Rijeka before the return leg in 8 days.
Rijeka have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lille form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lille at their home stadium (Stade Pierre-Mauroy) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The Lille club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Nantes and win 2-0. Santos was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Santos hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.
1-1 away at Nice before that.Lille are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 1 match at Lorient awaits in three days.
Lille has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Rijeka form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated B36 and Dukagjini in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the 2nd qualifying round against Djurgården.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. HNL travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Rijeka: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Rijeka won their last game, 2-1 versus Lokomotiva Zagreb played at home. Djouahra came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Lokomotiva Zagreb last time out, making the manager Jakirović feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Pašalić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Pašalić scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A home victory as expected against B36 before that, in the Europa Conference League.
Rijeka have another match away from home in just three nights, a 1. HNL game vs Dinamo Zagreb. A gruelling diary for the visitors!
{0 goals} so far away for Rijeka, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Pasalic 2 goals |  N. Janković 2 goals |
Lille missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Lille | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 34 | Scored | S | 14 | 52 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 15.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 38% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | ||
| 7.7 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monaco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Brest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Rennes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Lille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Toulouse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Reims | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Nice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Lorient | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | PSG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Lens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Le Havre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Metz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Nantes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Clermont | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hajduk Split | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Osijek | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 4 | Varazdin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Gorica | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 5 |
| 7 | Dinamo Zagreb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Rudes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 0 |
