Football betting preview: Varaždin with moderate expectations before welcoming Hajduk Split

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 16:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Anđelko Herjavec (10800 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Varaždin languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Hajduk Split will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Varaždin is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Hajduk Split has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in 1. HNL

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Varaždin form and stats

Varaždin's struggle is real here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec with only 2 points collected from 7 1. HNL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-5. All in all it has been a very rough period for Varaždin who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Istra 1961, 90 days ago. Varaždin are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Gorica match.

No payout for Varaždin in their previous match, an away game at Osijek that ended in defeat 0-1. In the match before that, Varaždin hosted Istra 1961 and drew the game 1-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Croatia Cup game versus Rijeka in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec.

Varaždin aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Varaždin are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (15 from 7 played).

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Hajduk Split form and stats

3-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hajduk Split, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in 1. HNL, in their 1. HNL matches away. Momentum is building for Hajduk in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Home advantage was not enough for Hajduk Split in their previous game, as they lost their 1. HNL-match, hosting Rijeka, 1-2. Prior to that result Hajduk won their away game at Lokomotiva Zagreb. The scoreline was 2-1.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Croatia Cup trip to Zagreb.

Hajduk have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Hajduk have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hajduk Split - Varaždin 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Varaždin two wins, zero draws and Hajduk Split eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hajduk SplitM. Caktaš
M. Caktaš
6 goals
Hajduk SplitÁ. Gyurcsó
Á. Gyurcsó
3 goals
VaraždinJ. Obregón Rojas
J. Obregón Rojas
2 goals

Varaždin missing players

Hajduk Split missing players

Varaždin Hajduk Split
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 5 12
2 0 0 Won W 1 3 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
9 5 1 Lost L 1 2 5
11 6 1 Scored S 2 7 16
23 15 2 Conceded C 2 5 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 83%
43% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 50%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 58%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
29% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.4 9.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 11.8 11.5
2.7 3.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4 3.7
29% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 36%
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • Hajduk Split has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in 1. HNL
  • Hajduk Split have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hajduk Split haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Varaždin has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 1. HNL
  • Varaždin has the fewest points (2) at home in 1. HNL
  • Varaždin has the most conceded goals (15) at home in 1. HNL
  • Varaždin has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in 1. HNL
  • Varaždin has the most matches under the total-line (8) in 1. HNL
  • Varaždin has the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in 1. HNL
  • Varaždin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • 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 have yet to win a game at home.
  • Varaždin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Varaždin is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Osijek 14 9 3 2 22 11 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 4 2 1 11 7 11 30
2 Dinamo Zagreb 12 9 2 1 34 12 5 4 1 0 21 6 7 5 1 1 13 6 22 29
3 Gorica 12 7 2 3 24 16 6 3 2 1 9 7 6 4 0 2 15 9 8 23
4 Rijeka 10 6 1 3 12 11 6 5 1 0 10 4 4 1 0 3 2 7 1 19
5 Hajduk Split 12 5 2 5 16 13 7 2 2 3 9 8 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 17
6 Slaven Koprivnica 14 4 5 5 18 19 7 1 2 4 7 11 7 3 3 1 11 8 -1 17
7 Sibenik 13 4 1 8 13 20 7 2 0 5 6 13 6 2 1 3 7 7 -7 13
8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 13 1 6 6 11 21 6 1 3 2 6 7 7 0 3 4 5 14 -10 9
9 Varaždin 14 2 3 9 11 23 7 0 2 5 6 15 7 2 1 4 5 8 -12 9
10 Istra 1961 12 2 3 7 8 23 5 2 0 3 3 6 7 0 3 4 5 17 -15 9