Rijeka vs AC Milan
UEFA Europa League – Group-stage 2017/18
Date: Thursday, 7th December 2017
Kick-off at 18:00 UK/ 19:00 CET
Venue: Stadion HNK Rijeka (Rijeka).

The already eliminated Rijeka keen to salvage some pride with a win against troubled AC Milan on Thursday night.

Rijeka are 4 points in their bag, level with Austria Vienna and three short of the second placed AEK Athens. But they cannot qualify further after falling behind in the h2h against the two teams above them.

On the other hand, AC Milan sit at the top of the standings with 11 points and they will go through as group winners even with a defeat on Thursday.

Rijeka vs AC Milan: Head-to-head

The teams met for the first time on matchday 2 of the current campaign which turned out to an absolute thriller. Milan were leading 2-0 at the San Siro, but Rijeka seem to have earned an unlikely point with two late strikes close to the 90 minutes mark. But an injury time strike from 19-year old forward Patrick Cutrone sealed a 3-2 win for the Italians.

AC Milan have a 100%-win record against Croatian teams. They had previously won all four meetings against Dinamo Zagreb.

Rijeka’s only other Italian opponent is Juventus, whom they met at the Cup Winners’ Cup quarterfinals in 1980. They held the Old Lady to a goal-less at home turf before losing out 2-0 at Turin.

Rijeka vs AC Milan: Prediction

It is quite evident that Gennaro Gattuso is most likely to field a fringe side here with the group already won by his team. This will hand Rijeka a perfect chance to take something from this game.

I find good value in backing both teams to score for this game. Mainly because Rijeka had scored in every Europa League games this season, while AC Milan failed to do so in 2 of their 12 games in all competitions this season.

Rijeka vs AC Milan: Bet Tips

• Both teams to Score @ 1.75


• Draw-no-Bet – Rijeka @ 2.40 odd.