Rijeka 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 22 August 2013
Result
Rijeka 2-1 VfB Stuttgart
Europa League · Thursday 22 August 2013, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Rijeka 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: match report
Rijeka defeated VfB Stuttgart 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 August 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Leon Benko opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Rijeka's goals came from Leon Benko (74') and Zoran Kvrzic (87'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Vedad Ibišević (89').
Discipline: Rijeka received 1 yellow card; VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rijeka were 15th on 10 points from 4 and VfB Stuttgart 96th on 2 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Key events
- 49'Yellow card · Cacau
- 57'Yellow card · Zoran Kvrzic
- 74'Goal · Leon Benko
- 87'Goal · Zoran Kvrzic
- 89'Goal · Vedad Ibišević
Team news
Rijeka expected line-up
Ivan Vargić, Matija Skarabot, Ivan Tomecak, Luka Marić, Dario Knezevic, Mate Maleš, Nikola Pokrivač, Anas Sharbini, Mehmed Alispahić, Leon Benko
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-3-2-1)
Sven Ulreich, Gotoku Sakai, Daniel Schwaab, Arthur Boka, Cristian Molinaro, Antonio Rüdiger, Moritz Leitner, Christian Gentner, Martin Harnik, Vedad Ibišević, Cacau