📊 Form Guide

Rijeka

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Rijeka, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Prva Liga success vs Lokomotiva Zagreb.

In that game, Rijeka managed 49% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Rijeka was Toni Fruk (72'). At the other end, Lokomotiva Zagreb had 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Their latest results show that it has been a great time for the Rijeka rearguard. Rijeka have kept it tight, with the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last six clashes standing at 3.

Their past results show that Rijeka:

• haven't beaten Varaždin in their previous 4 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 home league matches.

Varaždin

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In their previous fixture, Varaždin drew 0-0 in the Prva Liga tie with Gorica.

In that match, Varaždin had 57% possession and 19 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Gorica got 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Varaždin has been evident of late. Examining their last 6 outings reveals that this has occurred 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 2 while Varaždin have scored 3. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Their previous form shows that Varaždin:

• have not emerged victorious against Rijeka in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. Not good.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 25/11/2023, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Rijeka winning 2 of those games, Varaždin 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

In all, 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them for Riječki bijeli and 5 coming from Bumbari. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league match between these sides was Prva Liga match day 20 on 01/02/2025 when it ended Varaždin 1-0 Rijeka.

That day, Varaždin had 52% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Their only player to score was Aleksa Latković (31').

Rijeka had 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Ante Čulina.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that Varaždin certainly have the ability to find the net against this Rijeka side, although that might not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a 2-1 winning margin for Rijeka by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Andre Moura, 13:01 13/04/2025