HNK Rijeka vs Djurgårdens IF Preview 21/07/2022

HNK Rijeka vs Djurgårdens IF – 21/07/2022

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The first leg ties of the 2nd spherical qualifying spherical matches on this season’s Europa Convention League can be performed on Thursday evening and options this upcoming intriguing contest between Croatian aspect, HNK Rijeka, and their Swedish guests, Djurgardens, when the 2 groups conflict on the Stadion HNK Rijeka.

Thursday’s hosts, Rijeka, completed in a creditable 4th place on the finish of final season’s Croatian HNL marketing campaign and as such, certified for the 2nd qualifying spherical of the Champions League the place they’ll meet Swedish outfit, Djurgardens.

Nevertheless, regardless of their lofty end within the Croatian home prime flight, Rijeka posted a combined bag of outcomes in direction of the tip of the season which noticed the hosts choose up simply 4 wins out of their final 11 matches in all competitions.

Solely two of those 4 wins have been achieved on dwelling soil at their Stadion HNK Rijeka as they collected victories over Osijek and Hrvatski Dragovoljac, whereas their final six dwelling video games yielded simply two wins and suffered 4 defeats within the course of.

In final season’s competitors, Rijeka beat Gzira United and Hibernian earlier than falling 2-0 at dwelling to PAOK.

Swedish guests, Djurgardens, are at present having fun with a promising marketing campaign within the home Allsvenskan because the away aspect sit in 2nd place and only a level behind the league leaders, Hacken, because the Swedish prime flight season is in full swing.

This will help Djurgarden not solely by way of match-fitness but in addition the guests’ confidence can be at a premium because the guests have gained 5 of their final six matches in all competitions.

Certainly, the larger image exhibits that Djurgarden have misplaced simply as soon as of their earlier 11 matches in all competitions which got here within the type of a 1-0 loss away from dwelling at Kalmar however other than that, Djurgardens have been very constant.

Seven wins inside these final 11 video games may also function a fine addition forward of this two-legged Europa Convention League affair in opposition to Rijeka, together with the truth that Djurgarden have misplaced simply three of their final 14 matches on their travels in all competitions.

This appears like being a tightly fought contest between two groups that look pretty nicely matched on paper and a low-scoring tussle might unfold on the Stadion HNK Rijeka in consequence.