Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs between Rijeka and Lille. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Lille, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Rijeka nor Lille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rijeka form and stats
Action has already taken place for Rijeka in Europa Conference League as they have defeated B36 and Dukagjini to reach the Play-offs. Rijeka participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 2nd qualifying round and lost against Djurgården.As mentioned below, Rijeka are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 1. HNL games. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in this competition.
In their previous game, the manager Jakirović led his Rijeka to a defeat away at Dinamo Zagreb. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. Pašalić has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Impressive! Galešić, defender, was given a rating of 7.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Galešić won 2 of 2 duels.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Lille in the Europa Conference League.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Varazdin are coming to town in three days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Rijeka is on fire here. A stunning 12 from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Rijeka have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Lille form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Ligue 1 for Lille with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Lille play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-4 to Lorient. Attacker David got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" David scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
A home win as predicted against Rijeka preceding that, in the Europa Conference League.
A quick return to home after this game, as Lille are hosting Montpellier in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
{2 goals} so far away for Lille, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head match ended Lille - Rijeka 2-1, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Pasalic 3 goals |  B. Goda 2 goals | N. Janković 2 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Lille missing players
| Rijeka | Lille | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 36 | Scored | S | 12 | 48 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 38% | ||
| 8.3 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Osijek | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Gorica | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 6 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Rudes | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Reims | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Brest | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Rennes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Lorient | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | PSG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Lille | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Metz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Nice | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Le Havre | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Lens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Nantes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Clermont | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
