Europa League match preview: København versus Rijeka

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 01.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parken (38065 seats)

Rijeka have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against København. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

København and Rijeka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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København form and stats

København have not come this way in the Europa League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Piast Gliwice and IFK Göteborg. Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the 8th finals.

The story so far in the Superliga for København at their home stadium (Parken) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

København's last game was hosting Piast Gliwice and winning 3-0. Preceding that match was a Superliga defeat to Brøndby (1-2).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from København's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won four matches, drawn one and lost zero.

Early season league goal statistics from København's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Rijeka form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Kolos Kovalivka in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs.

It's not happening yet for Rijeka on their 1. HNL travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Rijeka has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

João Escoval and Franko Andrijašević scored in Rijeka's previous match, the home game against Kolos Kovalivka (after extra-time) that ended 2-0. A 0-3 defeat away at Osijek before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Rijeka playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.

A new game in only two days for Rijeka, the 1. HNL home match versus Slaven Koprivnica. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rijeka has managed 0 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

KøbenhavnK. Wilczek
K. Wilczek
3 goals
RijekaR. Murić
R. Murić
1 goals
RijekaS. Yateke
S. Yateke
1 goals

København missing players

Rijeka missing players

København Rijeka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   10 25
10 7   Won W   3 16
5 2   Drew D   2 3
10 4   Lost L   5 6
38 24   Scored S   7 43
33 16   Conceded C   13 26
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 92%
76% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   40% 64%
60% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 52%
32% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 36%
16% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 24%
60% 62%   BTTS BTTS   20% 44%
20% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 36%
24% 15%   Failed to Score F T   70% 28%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
274 144   Total Shots T S   99 281
102 66   Shots on Target S O   36 112
35% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brøndby 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Midtjylland 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
3 AGF 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Randers 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 4
5 OB 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
6 AaB 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Vejle 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 3
8 SønderjyskE 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
9 Nordsjælland 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
10 Lyngby 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
11 København 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
12 Horsens 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -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 Dinamo Zagreb 5 4 1 0 16 5 3 2 1 0 13 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 11 13
2 Gorica 6 4 1 1 15 9 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 3 0 1 10 5 6 13
3 Osijek 6 3 1 2 8 7 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 10
4 Hajduk Split 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
5 Varazdin 5 2 1 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 -3 7
6 Rijeka 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 6
7 Slaven Koprivnica 5 0 4 1 6 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 5 5 -1 4
8 Sibenik 6 1 1 4 6 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 3 3 6 -3 4
9 Istra 1961 6 1 1 4 4 8 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 -4 4
10 Lokomotiva Zagreb 5 1 1 3 5 12 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 10 -7 4

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.