Varaždin vs Slaven Koprivnica match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion Anđelko Herjavec

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Anđelko Herjavec (10800 seats)

This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by fans of both contenders, as it's the first 1. HNL game of the season. Both Varaždin and Slaven Koprivnica are looking for a good start to their league season.

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Varaždin form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Varaždin as they were promoted from 2. HNL last season. Happy days that were secured through 19 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses from 30 games. The team scored 36 goals at home last season and conceded 12. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Varaždin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Varaždin have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Varaždin have scored 3 goals and conceded 4 times.

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Slaven Koprivnica form and stats

Let's have a look at how Slaven Koprivnica performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 18/30 goals scored/conceded.

Hooray; their first three points in the league after six rounds not winning.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Koprivnica in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Slaven Koprivnica, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Just as the home team, Slaven Koprivnica have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Slaven Koprivnica wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Varaždin won two games, four matches ended in a draw and Slaven Koprivnica managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

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Total First Half Second Half
Varaždin Slaven Koprivnica
Total Home vs low 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Varaždin Last season Slaven Koprivnica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   18 36
19 12   Won W   5 9
6 2   Drew D   3 9
5 1   Lost L   10 18
56 36   Scored S   18 35
29 12   Conceded C   30 54
93% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
70% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 78%
57% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 56%
33% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 17%
20% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
50% 60%   BTTS BTTS   56% 58%
37% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
20% 7%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.1
4.2 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.5 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.8
5.8 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4
31% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 24%
 
9.1 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 9.5
3.4 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Osijek 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
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 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 Gorica 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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 Varaždin 30 19 6 5 56 29 15 12 2 1 36 12 15 7 4 4 20 17 27 63
2 Rudes 30 17 5 8 56 27 15 14 1 0 41 6 15 3 4 8 15 21 29 56
3 Inter Zapresic 30 13 9 8 34 29 15 8 3 4 18 12 15 5 6 4 16 17 5 48
4 Jarun 30 11 11 8 46 38 15 7 6 2 30 18 15 4 5 6 16 20 8 44
5 Kustosija 30 11 9 10 39 35 15 6 6 3 19 15 15 5 3 7 20 20 4 42
6 Cibalia 30 11 8 11 44 42 15 10 4 1 30 14 15 1 4 10 14 28 2 41
7 Dinamo Zagreb II 30 11 8 11 37 44 15 11 3 1 22 9 15 0 5 10 15 35 -7 41
8 Solin 30 11 7 12 41 41 15 8 3 4 25 15 15 3 4 8 16 26 0 40
9 Orijent 1919 30 12 4 14 44 49 15 7 2 6 24 24 15 5 2 8 20 25 -5 40
10 Dugopolje 30 11 7 12 40 46 15 9 4 2 24 16 15 2 3 10 16 30 -6 40
11 Dubrava Zagreb 30 11 6 13 39 39 15 8 3 4 26 15 15 3 3 9 13 24 0 39
12 Bijelo Brdo 30 11 6 13 30 41 15 8 3 4 21 18 15 3 3 9 9 23 -11 39
13 Croatia Zmijavci 30 11 5 14 32 43 15 7 3 5 17 16 15 4 2 9 15 27 -11 38
14 Sesvete 30 9 7 14 37 41 15 5 4 6 21 19 15 4 3 8 16 22 -4 34
15 Osijek II 30 9 7 14 25 36 15 5 4 6 14 17 15 4 3 8 11 19 -11 34
16 Opatija 30 6 7 17 27 47 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 1 2 12 10 31 -20 25
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 24 7 5 68 22 18 12 4 2 38 11 18 12 3 3 30 11 46 79
2 Hajduk Split 36 21 9 6 64 31 18 12 3 3 29 11 18 9 6 3 35 20 33 72
3 Osijek 36 19 12 5 49 29 18 11 5 2 26 12 18 8 7 3 23 17 20 69
4 Rijeka 36 20 5 11 71 51 18 11 2 5 35 23 18 9 3 6 36 28 20 65
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 12 13 11 55 50 18 9 7 2 31 18 18 3 6 9 24 32 5 49
6 Gorica 36 12 9 15 43 50 18 4 7 7 25 31 18 8 2 8 18 19 -7 45
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 9 9 18 35 54 18 4 6 8 17 24 18 5 3 10 18 30 -19 36
8 Šibenik 36 9 5 22 46 75 18 6 1 11 25 37 18 3 4 11 21 38 -29 32
9 Istra 1961 36 7 10 19 42 67 18 6 2 10 31 35 18 1 8 9 11 32 -25 31
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 36 4 7 25 31 75 18 2 6 10 15 30 18 2 1 15 16 45 -44 19

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 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Osijek 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
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 Rijeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Šibenik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Slaven Koprivnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Varaždin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 Gorica 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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