Rijeka 2-2 Varaždin: result and report

1. HNL · Sunday 3 September 2023

Result

Rijeka 2-2 Varaždin

1. HNL · Sunday 3 September 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rijeka · Varaždin · 1. HNL predictions

Rijeka 2-2 Varaždin: match report

Rijeka drew with Varaždin 2-2 in the 1. HNL on Sunday 3 September 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Niko Janković opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Niko Janković (17') and Jorge Obregón (85'). Varaždin scored through Igor Postonjski (69', penalty) and Fran Brodić (73').

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

Going into the game Rijeka were 3rd on 9 points from 5 and Varaždin 7th on 6 points from 5. Rijeka went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Varaždin 6th with 42.

Rijeka lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Varaždin in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niko Jankovic of Rijeka (8.1), ahead of Igor Postonjski (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rijeka wins, 1 draw and 3 for Varaždin.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Niko JankovićRijeka · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Veldin HodžaRijeka
  • 69'Yellow card · Matej MitrovićRijeka
  • 69'Penalty goal · Igor PostonjskiVaraždin · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Fran BrodićVaraždin · 1-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Niko JankovićRijeka
  • 83'Red card · Jorgo PëllumbiVaraždin
  • 85'Goal · Jorge ObregónRijeka · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Oliver ZelenikaVaraždin

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rijeka 6, draws 1, Varaždin 3.

Team news

Rijeka line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nediljko Labrovic, Ivan Smolcic, Niko Galesic, Matej Mitrović, Bruno Goda, Lindon Selahi, Veldin Hodza, Marco Pašalić, Toni Fruk, Niko Jankovic, Franjo Ivanović

Varaždin line-up (4-2-3-1)

Oliver Zelenika, Marko Vukcevic, Luka Jelenic, Jorgo Pellumbi, Karlo Brucic, Igor Postonjski, Agon Elezi, Dimitar Mitrovski, Leon Belcar, Michele Sego, Fran Brodic