Rijeka vs Varazdin Prediction: Rijeka at home are favorites against everyone

The 25th round of SuperSport HNL brings a duel between Rijeka and Varazdin. Rijeka enter this match as favorites, although Varazdin won against Sibenik in the last round and now welcomes the match against Rijeka more calmly. Mario Kovacevic, the manager of Varazdin will not be able to count on several players in this match. Rijeka and Varaždin are playing a clash with important repercussions related to the fight for European positions.

Although Rijeka are currently only in eight place they are actually only two points away from the European zone. In seven rounds with their new team, coach Sergej Jakirovic suffered only one defeat and won 16 out of a total of 21 points. The Rijeka players are playing great and in a very short time they managed to regain their old reputation. Now they have the last step forward, that is, the continuation of their excellent form, which would bring them a European place. They will need a strong end of the season in which, together with Istra, they could create one of the biggest comebacks to life, and in their case, from the fight for survival to qualifying for European competition. There were coaches and bad sporting decisions last year, but now everything is diametrically opposite and this guarantees an attractive match with dangerous Varazdin.

For the first time in the new half-season, the Varazdin players tied two celebrations in a row. A week ago, Sibenik was defeated with a clean score of 2:0, which brought the team that returned from the second league closer to the third placed Osijek, only three points behind in the middle of the championship. Along with Istra and Rijeka, which are the most pleasant surprises of the second half of the season, Varazdin can be said to be the most pleasant surprise of this entire HNL edition. At the beginning, we sided with those who claimed that Varazdin will fall as time goes on, but with around 10+ games left, they are still right there at the very top.

The visiting team are plagued by some absences caused by injuries, but with their current form, they will not surrender easily at famous “Rujevica”. Rijeka are in a rush and we can certainly expect at least one goal from them, but the guests also traditionally know how to break through their defense.Today we expect the continuation of that tradition and the bet for this match is both teams scoring a goal.