Balanced ball game between Varaždin and Gorica expected

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Anđelko Herjavec (10800 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Varaždin welcome Gorica for the opening game at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec. Read on!

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Varaždin form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Varaždin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Varaždin as a small favourite), we find five games. Varaždin has won four of these, drawn zero and lost one.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Varaždin, who have participated in two training matches. Varaždin have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, Varaždin's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the 1. HNL. Over these 36 matches they scored 29 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Varaždin managed 6-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 21 conceded.

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Gorica form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gorica playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were three Gorica wins, zero draws and one defeat.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Gorica have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats from two fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Gorica performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 13 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 22/34 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - one - three (Varaždin wins - draws - Gorica wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Varaždin missing players

Gorica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Varaždin Gorica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Varaždin Last season Gorica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
9 6   Won W   5 12
9 5   Drew D   5 13
18 7   Lost L   8 11
29 14   Scored S   22 44
50 21   Conceded C   34 48
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 83%
64% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 78%
39% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   72% 53%
22% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 31%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
39% 28%   BTTS BTTS   56% 50%
28% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 33%
42% 39%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5
6.7 6.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.3
2.5 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 2.9
5 2   Red cards R C   6 9
 
308 170   Total Shots T S   176 384
109 59   Shots on Target S O   77 162
27% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Osijek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 36 25 5 6 62 20 18 15 2 1 34 9 18 10 3 5 28 11 42 80
2 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 19 8 9 57 38 18 13 2 3 38 16 18 6 6 6 19 22 19 65
3 Rijeka 36 19 7 10 58 42 18 10 5 3 32 21 18 9 2 7 26 21 16 64
4 Osijek 36 17 11 8 47 29 18 13 4 1 31 12 18 4 7 7 16 17 18 62
5 Hajduk Split 36 18 6 12 60 41 18 13 0 5 36 19 18 5 6 7 24 22 19 60
6 Gorica 36 12 13 11 44 48 18 7 8 3 22 14 18 5 5 8 22 34 -4 49
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 10 9 17 34 51 18 8 6 4 20 16 18 2 3 13 14 35 -17 39
8 Varaždin 36 9 9 18 29 50 18 6 5 7 14 21 18 3 4 11 15 29 -21 36
9 Istra 1961 36 5 10 21 27 59 18 4 8 6 20 24 18 1 2 15 7 35 -32 25
10 Inter Zaprešić 36 3 8 25 32 72 18 2 3 13 16 35 18 1 5 12 16 37 -40 17

Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Gorica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hajduk Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Istra 1961 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Osijek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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