The league table in 1. HNL tells a story about these teams so far, with Dinamo Zagreb leading Varaždin by 41 points. Match preview to follow:
Dinamo Zagreb and Varaždin should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dinamo are already the 1. HNL winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. For Varaždin most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most scored goals (60) in 1. HNL, have been outstanding at home so far in the 1. HNL with 14 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss.
Dinamo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Istra 1961 that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Dinamo lost 2-3 at home to Hajduk Split.
A decent goal production from Dinamo in their home games so far, with 32 goals from 17 league matches. From these home matches, Dinamo Zagreb have conceded only 9 goals.
Varaždin form and stats
There's been little loot from Varaždin's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the 1. HNL. Varaždin only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws.
275 minutes! That's how long the Varaždin goalkeeper Ivan Nevistic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Varaždin won their last game, 1-0 versus Osijek played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gorica with the score of 1-0.
The attacking power of Varaždin when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As for defending, Varaždin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Dinamo Zagreb and Varaždin have met before this season: Varaždin - Dinamo 1-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Dinamo Zagreb wins - draws - Varaždin wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Oršić 13 goals |  D. Kądzior 10 goals |  B. Petković 8 goals |
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
Varaždin missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | Varaždin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 35 |
| 24 | 14 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 60 | 32 | 11 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 48 |
| 89% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 57% | 59% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 63% |
| 40% | 41% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 40% |
| 26% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 23% |
| 14% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 26% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 40% |
| 60% | 71% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 26% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 41% | 40% |
| 6.8 | 8 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 441 | 211 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 125 | 295 |
| 201 | 89 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 46 | 105 |
| 30% | 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 33% | 28% |
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (20)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (9) at home
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (12) at home
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (21)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most points (44) at home
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (60)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+23) at home
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+40)
- Dinamo Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored more than double the goals of Varaždin.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals in the first half (12)
- Varaždin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Varaždin is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Zagreb | 35 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 40 | 77 |
| 2 | Osijek | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 62 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 61 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 58 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 57 |
| 6 | Gorica | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 33 | -4 | 47 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -17 | 38 |
| 8 | Varaždin | 35 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 48 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | -19 | 36 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 31 | -30 | 25 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 35 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 68 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 37 | -37 | 17 |