Elfsborg vs Rijeka Prediction & Betting Tips (15 August)

Elfsborg finished its 2023 financial year in 2nd place in the Swedish championship for the calendar year, and is in 5th place halfway through with 28 points on the clock in 2024. Victorious for the Moldovan team S.Tiraspol in the previous round 0 -1/2-0, the Swedish team brought back the draw from their trip to Croatia last week. A very good opportunity to validate this good work at home. In the league, IF Elfsborg have won their last 3 matches GAIS, Mjällby, Häcken. On the other hand, Rijeka may not mean anything to you, but it is nonetheless an excellent football team.

Last year, they finished in 2nd place in the Croatian championship behind Dinamo Zagreb and H.Split. Close to the title, she had unfortunately lost the last 4 matches for the little anecdote. Victorious over the small Romanian team of Corvinul in the 2nd round 0-0, 1-0, the Croatian championship resumed its rights at the beginning of the month. Rijeka 3rd, 4 points beat Lokomotiva 4-0 and drew at Varazsdin 0-0. 

IF Elfsborg has a very good squad. Indeed, comparable to a Ligue 2 club (France) which is playing its way up, shall we say. In this group, the Kosovar international Arber Zeleni (33 salts - 9 goals) is the leader of this group offensively. 4 goals and 4 assists since the start of the championship for him. In full progress, on the shelves of many European clubs, Michael Baidoo is also in great form (5 goals - 4 assists). Former Swedish international Larsson (right back, 34 years old) is the captain. Zlomislic is OUT. On the other hand, to compete for a whole season with the D.Zagreb armada, you can imagine that the Rijeka group is qualitative.

Croatian international Mario Pasalic (5 salts - 1 goal) is the detonator of the Croatian offensives. Recruited last year for the BVB Dortmund II team, he scored 6 goals and 2 assists during the second part of the season last year. Clermont Foot striker Komnen Andric joined the club this summer. On the other hand, they lost the very good Marko Pjaca (26 salt, D.Zagreb) and Labrovic (1 salt Croatia, 4,500,000th, Augsburg). The very experienced Austrian striker Dubricin is OUT. Noor-Ouma is back from suspension.