Varazdin vs Hajduk Split Prediction: Can Hajduk win in a tough away game?

After two defeats against Istra and Rijeka, Hajduk travels to a redemption match that will be played on Saturday at 5:00 PM in Varazdin. The already weakened team is further weakened by the absence of Anthony Kalik, so the manager Ivan Leko will once again have the problem of how to assemble the starting line-up. After the introductory training sessions, the new coach of Hajduk declared that he was missing four to five players in the team so he can make a team to pursuit the title, and since then he has been without injuried Sahiti, Borevković, Kalik.

Varazdin has good energy, they attack the ball, the midfield is tough, they know how to play when they need to, it's nice to watch them. Former Hajduk’s players Teklic and Sego are among the best players in Varazdin, and they will have motivation plus to perform well against old club.

Varazdin are in 6th place, maybe if they can improve a little bit in the second part of the season, they can get into a position to fight for a spot in European competition next season. Their score is 7 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats, while at home they have 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In the last round they were defeated by Istra and now they will also want to win against “big” opponent and rival at home.

When Hajduk loses twice in a row, which doesn't happen often, it also affects self-confidence and energy. This team had the opportunity to reduce the gap between them and Dinamo Zagreb in the race for title, but now they are even further than before the start of the spring part of the season. Hajduk are 2nd in the table with 38 points, and this season as visitors they are not so confident as they have 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Hajduk needs 3 points from this match more than Varazdin if they want to keep some reasonable gap between them and the leader Dinamo. However, Varazdin can’t and mustn’t be underrated especially not because they are playing at home without too much pressure and because the visitors have a lot of absent and injured players in the squad. Matches between these teams in the past were rich with goals and if the conditions for playing are good on the stadium, we can expect goals on the both sides.