Struggling Varaždin will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dinamo Zagreb in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Varaždin form and stats
Varaždin's struggle is real here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec with only 10 points collected from 12 1. HNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-6.
In their previous game, the manager S. Toplak led his Varaždin to a defeat in the 1. HNL match away at Osijek. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec. In the match before that, Varaždin hosted Gorica and drew the game 2-2.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Varaždin have been in this position before, they have won one, drawn zero and lost zero from one game. zero defeats by at least two goals.
Varaždin aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec in the league, with only 7 goals from 12 games. Varaždin have conceded 18 from these games.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most scored goals (51) in 1. HNL, have an excellent away record in the 1. HNL so far with 8-1-3 from 12 games. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Dinamo Zagreb hope to make it five in this match.
270 minutes! That's how long the Dinamo goalkeeper Daniel Zagorac and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Lovro Majer and Emir Dilaver secured the home win 2-0 against Istra 1961 in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Hajduk Split with the score of 2-0.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Dinamo Zagreb given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed twelve matches with eleven wins as expected, zero draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won eight of these games by at least two goals.
Dinamo have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 12 away matches. It's not easy to score on Dinamo as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Dinamo Zagreb - Varaždin 1-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Varaždin wins - draws - Dinamo Zagreb wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kądzior 9 goals |  B. Petković 6 goals |
Varaždin missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Varaždin | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | 51 |
| 41 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 69% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 42% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 46% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 23% |
| 15% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.3 | 7.2 |
| 6.9 | 6.8 | 8.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 208 | 112 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 153 | 340 |
| 70 | 38 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 79 | 155 |
| 26% | 18% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | 33% |
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (17)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most points (25) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (24) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (51)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+17) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+40)
- Dinamo Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals (18)
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Varaždin has the the worst goal difference (-11) at home
- Varaždin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 40 | 65 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | Osijek | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 | Gorica | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -8 | 35 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -20 | 26 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -21 | 19 |
| 9 | Inter Zapresic | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 17 |
| 10 | Varaždin | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 17 |