KOPRIVNICA. Slaven Koprivnica defeats Varaždin 1-0 after A. Crnac scored just 1 goal (37′). Varaždin was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Gradski Stadion stadium in Koprivnica on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Igor Pajač with the assistance of Bojan Zobenica and Ivan Mihalj. The 4th official was Dario Kulušić. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Varaždin had a superior ball possession 65% while Slaven Koprivnica was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Varaždin was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Slaven Koprivnica succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Slaven Koprivnica shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Varaždin shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Slaven Koprivnica received 2 yellow cards (M. Marina and M. Kocijan). On the other side, Varaždin received 4 yellow cards (I. Urata, J. Stanic, J. Pellumbi and M. Stanic).

Standings

After this contest, Slaven Koprivnica will have 17 points like Hajduk Split to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Varaždin will stay with 15 points like Osijek to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. HNL, Slaven Koprivnica will play away against Gorica on the 13th of May with a 7-7 head to head stats.

Varaždin will play away agasint Gorica on the 27th of May with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Gorica (3 draws).

Slaven Koprivnica – Formation

Slaven Koprivnica started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Zoran Zekić decided to play with the following team: Antun Marković (6.5), Tomislav Božić (6.8), Giannis Christopoulos (7.0), Novak Tepšić (7.1), Zoran Kvržić (6.7), Mario Marina (6.9), Robert Mudražija (7.4), Marko Martinaga (6.4), Ante Crnac (7.0), Arber Hoxha (6.7) and Luka Branšteter (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ivan Čović, Antonio Bosec, Mateo Kocijan (6.2), Filip Hlevnjak, Talys, Marko Žuljević (6.7), Jakov Bašić (6.2), Josip Mihalić, Arb Manaj, Seid Behram, Ivan Krstanović (6.7) and Matthias Fanimo (6.7).

Substitutions

Slaven Koprivnica made 5 changes: A. Crnac for M. Fanimo (70′), L. Bransteter for I. Krstanovic (70′), M. Marina for M. Kocijan (81′), R. Mudrazija for J. Basic (81′) and A. Hoxha for M. Zuljevic (86′).

Best player: Robert Mudražija​

The most impressive player for Slaven Koprivnica was Robert Mudražija even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 24 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Varaždin – Formation

Varaždin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mario Kovačević played with: Oliver Zelenika (6.7), Jozo Stanić (7.2), Luka Jelenić (7.1), Jorgo Pëllumbi (7.0), Itsuki Urata (6.6), Agon Elezi (5.9), Mato Stanić (6.9), Matija Kolarić (6.8), Tonio Teklić (6.8), Andris Herrera (6.2) and Fran Brodić (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Božidar Radošević, Matija Katanec, Filip Brekalo (7.0), Marko Stolnik, Ivan Ćubelić (6.3), Lovro Banovec, Demir Peco, David Puclin (7.1), Marin Pilj (6.7), Noa Vugrinec, Niko Domjanić and Karlo Perić (6.2).

Substitutions

Varaždin made 5 changes: I. Urata for F. Brekalo (46′), A. Herrera for K. Peric (58′), A. Elezi for I. Cubelic (74′), J. Pellumbi for M. Pilj (74′) and F. Brekalo for D. Puclin (82′).

Best player: Jozo Stanić​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Varaždin was Jozo Stanić.

His rating is (7.2) with 53 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Slaven Koprivnica – Varaždin – 1-0