GNK Dinamo Zagreb (home)
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb have won 2 of 2 HNL 2026/2027 home games this season.
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb have won 5 competitive games in a row with a pair of UEFA Champions League qualifying wins over Zalgiris Kaunas in Kaunas and at home on Tuesday evening following a 4-0 HNL 2026/2027 victory over NK Rudes Zagreb on Saturday.
- Mario Kovacevic has been in charge of Dinamo since 4th June 2025 and has instilled an intense, relentless, front-foot style of 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 soccer on the Modri, where pressing and possession domination is the main idea.
- They have been rewarded for their pressing with goals of late, so this will be a big test of their ability to break down a stubborn Varazdin unit.
NK Varazdin (away)
- NK Varazdin have won 1 of 1 HNL 2026/2027 away games this season, scoring 4.00 and conceding 1.00.
- Nikola Safaric has done a fine job since taking over on 8 December 2023 to keep Varazdin compact, structured and competitive.
- He sets his teams up to be tough to break down, with width in the 3-4-2-1 from the wing-backs and quick counter attacks, so we should see a battle between Dinamo's pressing and Varazdin's patience on Saturday.
Key Players
- Dion Drena Beljo is Dinamo's danger man this term with 4 in 2 HNL 2026/2027 games.
- Ivan Canjuga is Varazdin's main goal scorer with 2 in 2 in the HNL 2026/2027.
- Back the Modri to push Canjuga into transition on his own.
Betting Insights
- Varazdin's current 9.85 odds are just too big to pass up for this top of the HNL 2026/2027 table matchup.
- Dinamo are the 1.26 favorites to win this derby and the Draw at 5.7 looks too short to back considering this is a top of the HNL 2026/2027 clash.
- They have won 4 of their last 5 games (D0, L1) and have made a winning start to the HNL 2026/2027.
- In their 3 HNL 2026/2027 games this term, Varazdin have won 3 consecutive matches.
- The best bet here seems to be Dinamo to win and over 2.5 goals in the match, which fits both teams' recent form and the fact that the hosts are hot favourites.
Prediction
However, we think the hosts are likely to have the edge, but with Varazdin in form, this should be a competitive game, rather than a blowout.
