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Varaždin vs Slaven Belupo Live Stream, Predictions
Slaven Belupo head to Stadion Varteks on Friday for the Prva Liga game with home team Varaždin.
All Varaždin v Slaven Belupo game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
📊 Form Guide
Varaždin
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Varaždin will play in this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Prva Liga drawn match versus Lokomotiva Zagreb.
In that match, Varaždin managed 48% possession and 17 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Lokomotiva Zagreb had 16 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.
In their preceding 6 games, Mario Kovačević's Varaždin have hit the back of the net a combined total of 7 times, an average number of goals scored per match of 1.17.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Varaždin:
- have not beaten Slaven Belupo in their previous 6 league matches.
- haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.
Slaven Belupo
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In their last fixture, Slaven Belupo drew 0-0 in the Prva Liga match with Istra 1961.
In that game, Slaven Belupo managed 39% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. Istra 1961 got 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.
A run of dependable showings from the Slaven Belupo defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. During the same time, their own forwards have managed to score 7. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen if the trend will be maintained in this game.
Their previous form shows that Slaven Belupo:
- have not lost to Varaždin in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head meetings going back to 23/10/2020 reveals that these encounters have not been happy ones for Varaždin. They’ve not been able to get any victories at all while Slaven Belupo have been too good for them, running out winners in 83% of those ties.
In all, 10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 2 of them for Bumbari and 8 coming from Farmaceuti. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.
The previous league encounter between these clubs was Prva Liga match day 10 on 16/09/2022 when the final score was Slaven Belupo 1-0 Varaždin.
In that match, Slaven Belupo had 35% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Ante Crnac (37').
At the other end, Varaždin had 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
The referee was Igor Pajač.
🗞️ Team News: Varaždin
The Varaždin boss Mario Kovačević has no fitness worries at all before this game owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
🗞️ Team News: Slaven Belupo
Due to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Slaven Belupo manager Zoran Zekić does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.
💭 Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Slaven Belupo have the firepower to breach the defence of this Varaždin team, but that probably won’t be enough to avoid a loss.
We can see a close game with a 2-1 win for Varaždin after 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 00:48 23/01/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Varaždin
Formed: 2012
Stadium: Stadion Varteks (8,818)
Captain: Igor Postonjski
Chairman: Dražen Vitez
Manager: Mario Kovačević
Competitions: Prva Liga position 5
⭐ Star Player: Tonio Teklić

Mostly taking up the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Tonio Teklić was born in Split, Croatia. After having played his first senior match for Varaždin in the 2022 - 2023 season, the gifted Midfielder has scored 4 league goals in the HNL 2022 - 2023 season to date coming from a total of 16 appearances.
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17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 42 | DLWWD |
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18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 38 | WDWDW |
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18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 31 | LWLWD |
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18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | -10 | 27 | WDDDD |
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18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 24 | WWLDD |
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17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 21 | DWWLD |
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 19 | WDDWD |
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18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 16 | LLWLD |
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18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -10 | 13 | DLLLL |
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18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 9 | LDLDD |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 34 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 3.2 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-1 |
Fran Brodić | 5 |
Tonio Teklić | 4 |
Agon Elezi | 3 |
Michele Šego | 3 |
Niko Domjanić | 1 |
Arbër Hoxha | 6 |
Ante Crnac | 3 |
Mateo Kocijan | 2 |
Ivan Krstanović | 2 |
Mario Marina | 1 |
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