Rijeka 3-1 Varaždin: result and report

Rijeka 3-1 Varaždin

1. HNL · Saturday 14 February 2026, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rijeka · Varaždin · 1. HNL predictions

Rijeka defeated Varaždin 3-1 in the 1. HNL on Saturday 14 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Tiago Dantas opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Tiago Dantas (20'), Ante Matej Juric (48') and Dejan Petrovic (61'). Varaždin scored through Sven Lesjak (90+1').

Discipline: Rijeka received 3 yellow cards; Varaždin received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rijeka were 6th on 29 points from 21 and Varaždin 3rd on 32 points from 21. Rijeka went on to finish that season 4th with 53 points, and Varaždin 3rd with 54.

Rijeka lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Varaždin in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiago Dantas of Rijeka (8.4), ahead of Oliver Zelenika (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Rijeka wins, 3 draws and 4 for Varaždin.

Going into the match Rijeka's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Varaždin's W-W-W-L-L.