Elfsborg vs Rijeka: Europa League match prediction

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Elfsborg

Sweden

Europa League Qualification

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15 August 10:00 UTC

Rijeka

Croatia (Hrvatska)

Elfsborg will host Rijeka in the return leg of the Europa League qualification after an away draw on August 15. Will the Swedes be able to justify their status as favourites, or will the Croatians take into account the mistakes of the first match and advance to the final round of the qualifiers? In the betting tip, we have assessed the chances of each team and prepared reliable bets on the match. Which choice should you make?

Elfsborg vs Rijeka Prediction and Betting Tips (15.08.2024)

Command Analysis

Elfsborg

Sweden

Current form

Elfsborg started the Europa League qualification at the beginning of July and have already left two opponents behind. In the confrontation with Cypriot Pafos, Oskar Hiljemark's team had no problems, beating their opponent both at home and away. The "yellows" also dealt with Sheriff easily - a 3:0 victory on aggregate. In the first match against Rijeka, Elfsborg held on to a 1:1 draw while playing with a man down.

Disqualifications and injuries

Jalal Abdulai suspended for first leg red card.

Interesting trends for betting

Elfsborg scored 12 goals in five qualifying matches
Elfsborg have won five of their last six home games

Tentative line-up : Pettersson - Holmen, Henriksson, Jegbe - Hedlund, Zeneli, Baldursson, Hult - Frick, Baydo, Zeneli.

Rijeka

Croatia (Hrvatska)

Current form

Rijeka began their journey in the Europa League qualification in the last round, where they knocked out Romanian Hunedoara from the tournament with some difficulty. After a goalless draw away, Zeljko Sopic's team snatched a 1-0 victory at home. They failed to beat Elfsborg, who played almost the entire second half with one man down – a 1-1 draw made the Swedes the favourites of the match.

Disqualifications and injuries

Rijeka has no problems with its squad.

Interesting trends for betting

Rijeka have not lost a single match this season in all competitions – two wins and three draws
In five matches of the current season, Rijeka has conceded only one goal

Tentative line-up : Zlomasic – Chabraja, Radelic, Gelesic, Smolcic – Jankovic, Fruk, Hodza, Petrovic – Ivanovic, Pasalic.

Trends

Bet Exact score 2:1

Two of Elfsborg's last four matches have ended with this score

8.10

Bet Elfsborg to score in the first half

In Elfsborg's last four matches, this bet has been successful

1.81

Bet Total first half over 1.5 goals

In Elfsborg's last two matches, this bet was successful

2.59

Tip and bets

1.69both will score

Eflsborg plays attacking football and this approach brings results – the “yellows” win regularly and are in excellent shape. Rijeka has minimal chances of playing reliably in defense in Sweden against such an opponent, but the “former” will probably also take risks, a goal from the visitors will not be a big sensation.

We believe that there will be goals in the match. Betting Tip - both will score . This bet is offered with a coefficient of 1.69

Do you agree with this bet?

1.95Elfsborg win

Bet on the outcome

Elfsborg are in excellent form and have won eight of their last 10 matches – they could have won in Croatia, but a sending-off prevented them. It is obvious that the Yellows will be even more aggressive and motivated at home – Rijeka are still far from their best form and are unlikely to avoid defeat.

The bet is for Elfsborg to win. This bet is offered at 1.95