Varaždin vs Slaven Koprivnica — match summary
Croatia · 1. HNL · kick-off 24 Oct 2026 23:00
Full time · score 1-2
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Varaždin 52 · Slaven Koprivnica 27
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Varaždin 45 · Slaven Koprivnica 46
Shots on target 4-3 · corners 1-3 · possession 54-46
NextGOAL tip: Varaždin -0.75 · 2 stars
Varaždin and Slaven Koprivnica meet in the 1. HNL league, with the hosts sitting 3rd on 18 points from 10 matches, while the visitors are 7th with 10 points from the same number of games. Both sides lost their most recent match by the same scoreline, 0-1 and 1-5 respectively, so this is a game where both teams want to get back to picking up points. Varaždin have been the steadier side this season, with 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, scoring 14 and conceding 8, and they had just won 1-0 at home in the league before stumbling to defeat last time out. Slaven Koprivnica, meanwhile, have already lost 6 of their 10 matches, conceding 22 goals, and in their last five games they have lost by a margin of at least one goal in three of them, so the defence is an area the visitors have not been able to fix in time. The pattern is likely to be the hosts dominating possession and gradually opening up the game, with Varaždin averaging 47.2% possession in their last 10 matches across all venues, while Slaven Koprivnica average 44.7% possession and 5 shots on target per game. If the visitors continue to concede easily as they have lately, the hosts have a chance to build a lead before half-time, but the second half could be a different picture, as Varaždin concede a large share of their goals late in games, with 33% of all goals conceded coming in that period.