VARAžDIN. Lokomotiva Zagreb beats Varaždin with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Goričan (43′) and an own goal from M. Sego (49′).

The match was played at the Stadion Anđelko Herjavec stadium in Varaždin on Saturday and it started at 4:50 pm local time. The referee was Zdenko Lovrić who had the assistance of Kristijan Novosel and Deni Grofelnik. The 4th official was Tihomir Pejin. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.84 degrees Celsius or 73.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Varaždin was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Lokomotiva Zagreb that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Varaždin was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Lokomotiva Zagreb found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Varaždin shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lokomotiva Zagreb shot 15 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Varaždin received 1 yellow card (Igor Postonjski). On the opposite side, Lokomotiva Zagreb received 2 yellow cards (Duje Čop and Robert Mudražija).

Standings

After this encounter, Varaždin stays with 33 points to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Lokomotiva Zagreb will has 44 points to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Varaždin will play away with Rudeš on the 20th of April with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Varaždin (1 draw).

Lokomotiva Zagreb will host Dinamo Zagreb on the 12th of August with a 41-5 head to head statistic in favor of Dinamo Zagreb (6 draws).

Varaždin – Formation

Varaždin adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nikola Šafarić decided to play with the following team: Marko Dabro, Oliver Zelenika (6.4), Marko Vukcevic (6.4), L. Jelenić (6.4), Lamine Ba (6.4), Antonio Borsic (6.7), K. Lusavec (6.8), Igor Postonjski (7.5), Dimitar Mitrovski (6.8), L. Belcar (6.4) and Michele Sego (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ivan Nekic, Jurica Poldrugac (7.3), Domagoj Drozdek, Josip Silic, Leonard Vuk, David Mistrafovic (6.7), Mario Marina, Tomislav Gudelj (7.0), L. Škaričić (7.1), Niko Domjanic (6.8) and Ante Vukusic.

Substitutions

Varaždin made 5 changes: L. Belcar for Jurica Poldrugac (46′), Michele Sego for David Mistrafovic (78′), Marko Vukcevic for L. Škaričić (61′), Marko Dabro for Niko Domjanic (61′) and Dimitar Mitrovski for Tomislav Gudelj (61′).

Player of the match: Igor Postonjski​

The most impressive player for Varaždin was Igor Postonjski.

His rating is 7.5 with 50 passes (78% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Lokomotiva Zagreb – Formation

Also Lokomotiva Zagreb adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Silvijo Čabraja played with: N. Čavlina (7.8), Karlo Bartolec (7.3), Jon Mersinaj (8.1), Marin Leovac (7.0), Fran Žilinski (6.4), Mateo Marić (7.7), A. Smakaj (7.0), I. Canjuga (7.5), Robert Mudražija (7.7), M. Šotiček (6.4) and Duje Čop (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Matej Matić (6.4), Silvio Goričan (7.8), Fabijan Krivak (6.6), Krunoslav Hendija, B. Bošković, Lirim Kastrati, Viktor Kanižaj, F. Fetai (6.4), Vladan Bubanja (6.6), I. Kukavica and Zvonimir Šubarić.

Lokomotiva Zagreb could not rely on the presence of Silvio Goričan (injured).

Substitutions

Lokomotiva Zagreb made 5 changes: M. Šotiček for Silvio Goričan (20′), Fran Žilinski for Matej Matić (46′), I. Canjuga for Fabijan Krivak (67′), Robert Mudražija for F. Fetai (85′) and A. Smakaj for Vladan Bubanja (85′).

Player of the match: Jon Mersinaj​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lokomotiva Zagreb was Jon Mersinaj even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 45 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. HNL.​

• Gorica – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-2
• Varaždin – Lokomotiva Zagreb – 0-2