Match Report
7 points and 5 places separated them: Slaven Koprivnica 8th with 6, Varaždin 3rd with 13. In league terms the two rates read 0.83/2.17 for Slaven Koprivnica and 1.83/0.83 for Varaždin (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.59.
Varaždin entered with five wins in a row. Recent form was uneven: 4/15 points for Slaven Koprivnica, 15/15 for Varaždin.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 3 for Slaven Koprivnica, 6 for Varaždin and 2 drawn, at 1.91 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 36% of the wins in this fixture. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 27% of the meetings went over two goals. 2.8 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 1.91.
The referee was D. Strukan, with 76 matches in our database and 2.3 yellows per game on average. Gradski Stadion, capacity 3,205, hosted the game. Varaždin led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Slaven Koprivnica: Ilija Nestorovski (71') · Varaždin: Ivan Canjuga (26'), Luka Mamic (28'), Aleksa Latkovic (44'), Ivan Canjuga (78')
Key stats
Possession: Slaven Koprivnica 57% · Varaždin 43% · Total shots: 12-24 · On target: 6-8 · Corners: 5-5