Hibs defender Ryan Porteous insists Rijeka are no better than Celtic or Rangers.
The Easter Road stopper is adamant the Hibees can finish the job in their Europa Conference League qualifier on Thursday and secure a safe passage to the play-off round.
The tie is finely poised at 1-1 after Martin Boyle cancelled out an opener from Prince Ampem.
Porteous insists his side has taken on – and beaten – better sides domestically and reckons the Croatians can be had in their own backyard.
He said: "They are a good team but they’re nothing we should fear.
"I don’t think they’re any better than Celtic and Rangers are and I think we would fancy ourselves against them at Easter Road, or even away from home.
"We are disappointed not to go away with a lead but from what we have seen and the way we have played we will go over with a lot of belief.
"I thought it was a good performance. It was one of those where if it was a league game we would have been disappointed not to have walked away two, three, four-one up.
"The goal we lost was disappointing, defending our back post again and not stopping the cross but listen, we can only take the positives from it.
"We dominated the game in large parts so we will go over there with confidence and the belief that we can win the tie. They are a good team but I see nothing in them to frighten us really."
