On the 4th of March, in this week 24 match, Varaždin and Šibenik will play a match in Varaždin in a meeting of these two closely matched 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Varaždin sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Osijek. Domagoj Drožđek scored the first goal for Varaždin in the 28th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Osijek couldn’t manage to score, and Varaždin took the shutout win. Varaždin is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while šibenik is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Istra 1961. Neither Šibenik nor Istra 1961 could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
Šibenik and Varaždin last played eachother at the Stadion Šubićevac on the 28th of October. Varaždin was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Ivan Dolček struck first for Šibenik in the 60th minute on a feed from Mina Lucumi, but Fran Brodić got the equalizer for Varaždin in the 71st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 94th minute on a goal by Marin Pilj to cap off a wild match.
Šibenik’s most prolific scorer has been Duje Čop. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Varaždin is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Fran Brodić and Tonio Teklić each having 2 goals in their last 5.