📏 Form Guide

Slaven Belupo

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Slaven Belupo will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-2 Prva Liga triumph vs Lokomotiva Zagreb.

In that game, Slaven Belupo had 51% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Slaven Belupo, the goalscorers were Alen Grgić (51') and Ilija Nestorovski (78'). Lokomotiva Zagreb got 16 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

A recurring aspect of recent Slaven Belupo games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their previous six clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a losing one.

Coming into this clash, Slaven Belupo haven't lost in the league to Varaždin in their previous 2 games.

Varaždin

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Last time out, Varaždin drew 1-1 in the Prva Liga match with Hajduk Split.

In that match, Varaždin had 67% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Varaždin was Matej Vuk (42'). Hajduk Split got 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Marko Livaja (50') was the scorer for Hajduk Split.

A run of reliable showings by the Varaždin defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their previous 6 outings combined. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 2. That sort of trend might not be sustained into this game, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Varaždin:

• have not been beaten by Slaven Belupo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 06/10/2023 tells us that Slaven Belupo have won 3 of these games & Varaždin 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 of them from Farmaceuti and 7 being from Bumbari. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Prva Liga match day 22 on 16/02/2025 when it ended Varaždin 0-1 Slaven Belupo.

On that occasion, Varaždin had 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Slaven Belupo got 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Ilija Nestorovski (30') scored.

The referee was Duje Strukan.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Varaždin are dangerous enough to breach the defence of this Slaven Belupo team, but that might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Slaven Belupo by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It’s a very tough call.

Renata Leite, 14:01 22/04/2025