Rijeka and Napoli get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rijeka form and stats
Rijeka participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.Rijeka have collected 12 points from their 1. HNL home games so far after 4-0-0. 2W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Rijeka. Rijeka has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadion HNK Rijeka. We remember; it was Gorica.
Rijeka lost their last game at Sibenik after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Rijeka as they have a new game in only three days, a 1. HNL match thankfully also at home. Lokomotiva Zagreb are visiting.
Rijeka can score goals in their home matches. After 4 league matches they have found the net 8 times. Rijeka have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Napoli form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Arsenal.Napoli have six points from their first three away games in the Serie A, meaning two victories and a loss.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Sassuolo with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Real Sociedad.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Napoli manager I. Gattuso as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bologna.
Napoli find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. Napoli have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Lozano Bahena 4 goals |   F. Andrijašević 3 goals |  S. Kulenovic 2 goals |
Rijeka missing players
Napoli missing players
| Rijeka | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 28 | Scored | S | 12 | 45 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 299 | 150 | Total Shots | T S | 152 | 395 | ||
| 125 | 67 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 153 | ||
| 34% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AZ Alkmaar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Napoli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Gorica | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Osijek | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Hajduk Split | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 10 | Varazdin | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Sassuolo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Inter | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Bologna | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Benevento | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Parma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | Genoa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Spezia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Udinese | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 1 |