The visiting Gorica side should be favourites in this visit to Varaždin, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (32) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in 1. HNL
Gorica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. HNL game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Rijeka, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Gorica.
Varaždin form and stats
Varaždin's struggle is real here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec with only 8 points collected from 9 1. HNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5. Varaždin has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The fans are hoping that Varaždin will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the 1. HNL game against Slaven Koprivnica (placed 5th). Ahead of that match, Varaždin won a home game hosting Rijeka (2-1).
The manager S. Toplak will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sibenik in only four days.
Varaždin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Varaždin with 18 goals conceded in these matches.
Gorica form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (22) away in 1. HNL, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the 1. HNL.
Gorica play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Rijeka (placed 4th). A loss against Dinamo Zagreb was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The Gorica manager S. Oreščanin has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. As opposed to that, Gorica have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gorica - Varaždin 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Varaždin, one draw and five wins for Gorica. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Lovrić 12 goals |  O. Mudrinski 6 goals |  J. Obregón Rojas 4 goals |
Varaždin missing players
Gorica missing players
| Varaždin | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 32 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 71% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 56% | 89% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 33% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.8 | 9.1 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.3 | 10.4 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 300% | 79% | 52% |
- All of Gorica's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gorica has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the most scored goals (22) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica has the the best goal difference (+10) away in 1. HNL
- Gorica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gorica have scored in all their away 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 fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 1. HNL
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (18) at home in 1. HNL
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (32) in 1. HNL
- Varaždin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Varaždin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Varaždin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Osijek | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 39 |
| 3 | Gorica | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Slaven Koprivnica | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Hajduk Split | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Varaždin | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 13 |