There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Gorica leading Varaždin by 11 points.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gorica and Varaždin.
Gorica form and stats
Gorica, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in 1. HNL, have collected seven points from their first three 1. HNL games here at ŠRC Velika Gorica, a promising start.
Happy days for Gorica in their previous game, a 1. HNL match away at Sibenik (placed 5th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. In the preceding match a 4-3 victory visiting Sesvete.
Gorica can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gorica defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Varaždin form and stats
Playing away, Varaždin, who have the most conceded goals (20) in 1. HNL, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the 1. HNL this season.
Varaždin are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Lokomotiva Zagreb (placed 8th). A 1-3 loss hosting Sibenik before that.
The visiting Varaždin have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Varaždin have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Varaždin - Gorica 1-5. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Gorica four wins, one draw and Varaždin three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Mudrinski 6 goals |  K. Lovrić 5 goals |  J. Hamad 2 goals |
Gorica missing players
Varaždin missing players
| Gorica | Varaždin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 85 | 48 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 26 | 80 |
| 36 | 19 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 32 |
| 61% | 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 31% |
- All of Gorica's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gorica has the fewest clean sheets (0) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most points from losing position (10) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in 1. HNL
- Gorica have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Gorica have not yet lost a game at home.
- Gorica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gorica have scored more than double the goals of Varaždin.
- Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (20) in 1. HNL
- Varaždin has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in 1. HNL
- Varaždin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Varaždin is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 26 |
| 2 | Osijek | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Gorica | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Sibenik | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Hajduk Split | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 9 | Varaždin | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -10 | 8 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 8 |