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Midtjylland
UECL Qualifying
Show score
2 - 0
Full time
Rijeka
Midtjylland vs Rijeka: match report
FC Midtjylland hosted Rijeka at MCH Arena on Thursday 20 August 2026, in the UECL Qualifying. Balazs Berke is the referee.
Result and scorers
Midtjylland 2-0 Rijeka. Goals: Cho Gue-Sung 20' for Midtjylland; Sofus Johannesen 48' for Midtjylland. Attendance: 7,519.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 20' Goal: Cho Gue-Sung (Midtjylland) 1-0
- 36' Yellow card: Ivan Cubelic (Rijeka)
- 48' Goal: Sofus Johannesen (Midtjylland) 2-0
- 50' Yellow card: Toni Fruk (Rijeka)
- 60' Yellow card: Sofus Johannesen (Midtjylland)
- 89' Yellow card: Alfonso Barco (Rijeka)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 60.4% | Possession | 39.6% |
| 18 | Shots | 9 |
| 10 | Shots on target | 1 |
| 5 | Corners | 4 |
| 17 | Fouls | 19 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Midtjylland 3-5-2
Coach: Mike Tullberg
- 1 Elías Ólafsson GK
- 8 Philip Billing MID
- 3 Magnus Jensen DEF
- 22 Mads Bech DEF
- 11 Darío Osorio MID
- 5 Rasmus Kristensen DEF
- 19 Pedro Bravo MID
- 21 Denil Castillo MID
- 20 Valdemar Byskov MID
- 10 Gue-Sung Cho FWD
- 7 Franculino FWD
Bench
- 27 Sofus Johannesen FWD
- 18 Stanley Iheanacho FWD
- 29 Kjell Wätjen MID
- 90 Friday Etim FWD
- 13 Adam Gabriel MID
- 25 Nordin Bakker GK
- 34 Abdou Aziz Ndiaye DEF
- 15 Beni Junior DEF
- 6 Martin Erlic DEF
- 80 Dani Silva MID
- 14 Edward Chilufya MID
- 38 Julius Emefile FWD
Rijeka 4-2-3-1
Coach: Matjaz Kek
- 99 Aleksa Todorovic GK
- 22 Ante Orec DEF
- 45 Ante Majstorovic DEF
- 5 Alfonso Barco MID
- 34 Mladen Devetak DEF
- 8 Ivan Cubelic MID
- 6 Branko Pavic MID
- 10 Toni Fruk MID
- 26 Tiago Dantas MID
- 4 Niko Jankovic FWD
- 18 Daniel Adu-Adjei FWD
Bench
- 21 Jakov Puljic FWD
- 7 Yusuf Kabadayi MID
- 14 Amer Gojak FWD
- 23 Justas Lasickas DEF
- 77 Ante Juric FWD
- 13 Igor Vekic GK
- 1 Vito Kovac GK
- 51 Anel Husic DEF
- 3 Moreno Zivkovic DEF
- 91 Noel Bodetic DEF
- 19 Samuel Vignato MID
- 11 Gabriel Rukavina FWD