NK Slaven Belupo

vs

NK Varazdin

Preview

Slaven (home team)

• The race for the European places is on for both of these sides in the 2025-2026 HNL season with fifth-placed NK Slaven Belupo just a point ahead of sixth-placed NK Varazdin in the league standings with 27 points from 19 games.
• Slaven have won five, drawn two and lost two of their nine home HNL 2025-26 fixtures.
• Belupo have drawn their last two games, the most recent being 2-2 away at Rijeka three days ago.

Varazdin (away team)

• Varazdin have been in fine form of late, not drawing any of their last five HNL games and winning the last three consecutively, while Slaven have been more inconsistent with one win, three draws and one loss in their last five.
• Varazdin average 1.00 goal per game away from home in 2025-26, scoring ten times in ten games, while Slaven have scored 1.3 goals per home game against Varazdin in the same period.
• Ivan Mamut has six goals in 18 league appearances for Varazdin and is in particularly good form with two goals in the team’s current three-match winning streak.

Head-to-Head

Key Players

• Slaven prefers to control the ball and press well in a structured manner, looking to hit teams on the transition and exploit wide spaces.
• Adriano Jagusic is Slaven’s main attacking threat this season with seven goals in 19 HNL appearances.
• Ivan Mamut has six goals in 18 league appearances for Varazdin and is in particularly good form with two goals in the team’s current three-match winning streak.

Betting Insights

• Belupo are the favorites here at 2.18, while Varazdin are 3.25 to win which looks a little high given the away side have only won three of their 10 away fixtures in the 2025-2026 season, losing five.
• With the game between two well-organised teams and the recent head-to-heads having been close, Under 2.5 goals at 1.7 looks a good bet.

Prediction