Struggling Varaždin will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rijeka in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Varaždin form and stats
Varaždin's results here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec in the 1. HNL have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. 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 Istra 1961 match.
Varaždin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Dinamo Zagreb (placed 1st). Prior to that, an away loss at Osijek.
Varaždin are traveling soon after this match as the 1. HNL match at Hajduk Split awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Varaždin here at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 13 games). Varaždin have conceded 21 from these games.
Rijeka form and stats
7-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rijeka in their 1. HNL matches away.
Two travels in a row for Rijeka, whose manager S. Rožman could celebrate last time after the 1. HNL win against Istra 1961. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Osijek in the Croatia Cup.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb in just four days.
Rijeka are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. As opposed to that, Rijeka have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Rijeka - Varaždin 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Varaždin three wins, zero draws and Rijeka seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 13 goals |  A. Gorgon 7 goals |  R. Murić 6 goals |
Varaždin missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Varaždin | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 22 | 45 |
| 44 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 70% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 85% |
| 44% | 38% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 56% |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 48% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 38% | 52% |
| 15% | 23% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 33% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 19% |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 218 | 122 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 150 | 301 |
| 74 | 42 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 57 | 121 |
| 26% | 19% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 39% | 37% |
- Rijeka has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Rijeka has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
- Rijeka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rijeka have scored more than double the goals of Varaždin.
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals (19)
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- Varaždin has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Varaždin has the the worst goal difference (-13) at home
- Varaždin has the the worst goal difference (-25)
- 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 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Rijeka | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 50 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 48 |
| 4 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Osijek | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | Gorica | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -8 | 36 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -20 | 27 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 23 | -23 | 19 |
| 9 | Inter Zapresic | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -24 | 17 |
| 10 | Varaždin | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -25 | 17 |