📊 Form Guide

Slaven Belupo

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Slaven Belupo won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-1 Prva Liga loss in their previous game against NK Osijek.

In that match, Slaven Belupo managed 55% possession and 16 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Osijek had 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Ramón Mierez (6') was the scorer for NK Osijek.

It’s not been often in recent games that Slaven Belupo have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Slaven Belupo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 12 goals during that time.

Analysis of their past results shows that Slaven Belupo:

• are unbeaten in the league by Varaždin in their previous 4 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Varaždin

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Gorica in Prva Liga action, Varaždin and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Varaždin managed 61% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For Varaždin, the goals were scored by Leon Belcar (42') and Domagoj Drožđek (90'). For their opponents, Gorica had 8 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Gabrijel Rukavina (25'), Josip Mitrović (27'), Jurica Pršir (78') and Ante Matej Jurić (80') scored for Gorica.

The numbers tell their own story, and Varaždin have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals in total. In defence, Varaždin could really do with shoring things up. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see whether the trend shall persist here in this match or not.

Ahead of this clash, Varaždin have not won against Slaven Belupo when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 league matches. It has been a terrible run on the road.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 16/09/2022 tells us that Slaven Belupo have won 3 of these & Varaždin 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

A sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from Farmaceuti and 7 being from Bumbari. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league fixture between these sides was Prva Liga match day 20 on 26/01/2024 and the score finished Varaždin 1-2 Slaven Belupo.

In that game, Varaždin managed 63% possession and 22 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Igor Postonjski (45').

For their opponents, Slaven Belupo got 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Samuel Nongoh (21') and Benedik Mioč (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Ante Čulina.

📰 Team News: Slaven Belupo

The Slaven Belupo manager Roy Ferenčina has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever before this clash with a completely healthy squad to choose from.

📋 Team News: Varaždin

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the Varaždin boss Nikola Šafarić doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.

💭 Prediction

Our feeling is that Varaždin may find it difficult to score goals against this Slaven Belupo lineup who should manage to score & go ahead.

That’s why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for Slaven Belupo after 90 minutes.

Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 16:05 06/04/2024