On Sep 16th, Slaven Koprivnica and Varaždin will play a match in Koprivnica in a 1. HNL match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Slaven Koprivnica is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Istra 1961. Vinko Petković scored the first goal for Istra 1961 in the 11th minute, then Ante Erceg added another in the 29th minute on a feed from F. Cáseres At the end of 90 a dissapointed Slaven Koprivnica couldn’t manage to score, and Istra 1961 took the shutout win. Slaven Koprivnica is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed Varaždin, recorded a 2-1 win against Lokomotiva Zagreb. Tonio Teklić scored the first goal for Varaždin in the 51st minute, but Mateo Marić got the equalizer for Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time. Varaždin is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On Jul 17th, Varaždin hosted Slaven Koprivnica in their last match together. Slaven Koprivnica took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Mateo Kocijan struck first for Slaven Koprivnica in the 49th minute on a feed from Antonio Bosec, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Varaždin was frustrated by Slaven Koprivnica’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Slaven Koprivnica ended the match with the shutout victory.
Tonio Teklić has been the most prolific scorer on Varaždin in his last five matches with 3 goals. Ante Crnac has been the most prolific scorer on Slaven Koprivnica in the last five matches with two goals.