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Peter Green - August 3, 2023
Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Varazdin Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Croatian 1 HNL on Friday, 4 August 2023.
Neither Lokomotiva Zagreb nor Varazdin had a decent start to this season. Both teams have started winless this season.
Varazdin drew both their fixtures at the start of the season while Lokomotiva Zagreb drew one and lost one of their two league match-ups.
Lokomotiva Zagreb was unbeaten in 9 of the last 10 clashes against Varazdin. Their latest meeting ended in a disappointing goalless draw.
Lokomotiva Zagreb won five of the last eight clashes against Varazdin at this stadium. Five of those eight matches had goals over 2.5 ft.
The opening home fixture of Lokomotiva Zagreb ended in a 1-1 draw. Their opponents Istra scored an early goal in that match and it took 69 minutes for them to score one back. However, that draw was their fifth unbeaten recording in the last six outings at home.
Meanwhile, Varazdin follows an average form on the road of late. They were winless in three of the last four road trips and lost two of those. Since they have an inferior form in the h2h clashes against Lokomotiva, we expect a win for the hosts here this Friday.
Three of the last four home matches of Lokomotiva Zagreb and two of the last four road trips of Varazdin had goals over 2.5 ft. Moreover, their recent clashes were high-scoring. Thus, we expect this match to be an over 2.5 goal affair.
The defensive side of neither of these two teams are having a strong form at respective patches. Moreover, three of the last four clashes at this stadium had goals from both ends. Thus, expect a both teams scoring affair here.
The home form of Lokomotiva Zagreb looks decent enough with a good number of wins in the last six outings. Their upper hand in the head to head clashes also looks impressive.
Therefore, we like to start with placing a win for Lokomotiva Zagreb at 1.73 odds as the main tip. For the second tip, we like to place the over 2.5 goals bet at 1.88 odds.
