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 Rijeka will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (29) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. HNL
The visiting Rijeka played their last game only four days ago, a 1. HNL match. That game, against Dinamo Zagreb, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Rijeka.
Varaždin form and stats
With {1 1. HNL wins}, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Varaždin, who have the most conceded goals (29) in 1. HNL, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Varaždin lost their last game at Dinamo Zagreb (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Rijeka with the scoreline 1-2.
As you see from the result above, Varaždin suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Varaždin has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Varaždin are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played).
Rijeka form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. HNL, are W1-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 1. HNL.
Rijeka has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Dinamo Zagreb for a 1. HNL game that ended a draw (0-0). Prior to that result Rijeka won their away game at Varaždin in the Croatia Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 1. HNL trip to Istra 1961.
Goals are few and far between in Rijeka's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rijeka's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 7 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Rijeka - Varaždin 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Varaždin zero wins, one draw and Rijeka nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Andrijašević 4 goals |   J. Obregón Rojas 3 goals | M. Senić 2 goals |
Varaždin missing players
Rijeka missing players
| Varaždin | Rijeka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 29 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 75% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 31% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.2 | 10.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| 33% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 27% |
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals (13) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in 1. HNL
- Rijeka has the fewest scored goals (2) away in 1. HNL
- Rijeka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Varaždin has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 1. HNL
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (17) at home in 1. HNL
- Varaždin has the most conceded goals (29) in 1. HNL
- Varaždin has the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rijeka have scored 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 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 33 |
| 2 | Osijek | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Gorica | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 9 | Varaždin | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 12 |
| 10 | Istra 1961 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 10 |