HNK Rijeka

vs

AC Sparta Praha

Predictions & Betting Tips

Sparta Praha

• Sparta Praha are undefeated in their last 5 matches (W3, D2).
• Sparta Praha are a potent attacking force and are very strong on the road (W2, D1).

HNK Rijeka

• HNK Rijeka have just 1 win in their last 5 games (W1, D2, L2).
• Victor Sanchez has overseen a small resurgence in HNK Rijeka since his appointment as manager in September 2025.
• His tactics have been to set his side up in a possession-based structure, with a compact defence and mobile midfielders looking to exploit pockets of space in structured attacks, making our HNK Rijeka vs AC Sparta Praha prediction particularly interesting.

Key Players

• Asger Soerensen has been Sparta Praha’s early talisman in this Conference League campaign, scoring in the first group game.
• Toni Fruk has been Rijeka’s biggest threat in the build-up to this match with 2 of Rijeka’s 6 goals in their last 5 competitive matches.

Betting Insights

• Sparta Praha are the favorites in this one at 2.05, while the home team are 3.5.
• Under 2.5 goals is an extremely short price at 1.83, but with the HNK Rijeka vs AC Sparta Praha betting tips in mind, we are going to take it as the Croatian side do not like to give the ball away cheaply and the visitors have drawn their two most recent games.

Prediction

• Sparta Praha’s freshness and forward momentum should see them edge out HNK Rijeka.
• We feel that Sparta Praha are coming into this with the freshness and momentum to overcome a Rijeka side who will set themselves up to be difficult to break down.