Rijeka 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 10 December 2020

Result

Rijeka 2-1 AZ Alkmaar

Europa League · Thursday 10 December 2020, 17:55 UTC · half-time 0-0

Rijeka · AZ Alkmaar · Europa League predictions

Rijeka 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: match report

Rijeka won against AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 10 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Luka Menalo opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Rijeka's goals came from Luka Menalo (51') and Ivan Tomecak (90+3'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Owen Wijndal (57').

Discipline: Rijeka received 3 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rijeka were 63rd on 5 points from 7 and AZ Alkmaar 33rd on 8 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Rijeka lined up in a 5-4-1 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Tomecak of Rijeka (7.5), level with Stjepan Loncar (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rijeka wins, 0 draws and 1 for AZ Alkmaar.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Luka MenaloRijeka
  • 38'Yellow card · L. CapanRijeka
  • 38'Yellow card · Owen WijndalAZ Alkmaar
  • 45'Yellow card · Fredrik MidtsjöAZ Alkmaar
  • 51'Goal · Luka MenaloRijeka · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Owen WijndalAZ Alkmaar · 1-1
  • 80'Red card · Jesper KarlssonAZ Alkmaar
  • 82'Yellow card · Stjepan LoncarRijeka
  • 82'Yellow card · C. StengsAZ Alkmaar
  • 90+3'Goal · Ivan TomecakRijeka · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rijeka 0, draws 0, AZ Alkmaar 1.

Team news

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Rijeka line-up (5-4-1)

Ivan Nevistic, Ivan Tomecak, Luka Capan, Nino Galović, Hrvoje Smolcic, Daniel Stefulj, Robert Muric, T. Halilović, Stjepan Loncar, Luka Menalo, Franko Andrijašević

AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)

Marco Bizot, Yukinari Sugawara, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Bruno Martins Indi, Owen Wijndal, Fredrik Midtsjø, Albert Gudmundsson, Teun Koopmeiners, Calvin Stengs, Myron Boadu, Jesper Karlsson