A pivotal mid-table clash sees Slaven Belupo aiming to bridge the three-point gap to the European places against a Lokomotiva side currently sitting on the continental threshold.
NK Slaven Belupo enter this fixture in 9th place with 3 points, knowing a victory could pull them level with the European qualification spots with 13 games remaining. Their form has been turbulent, suffering a 0-3 defeat to NK Osijek in their last outing, though they did secure a vital 2-0 home win against HNK Gorica recently to break a losing streak.
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb occupy 7th place and sit exactly on the cusp of the European places. However, momentum has stalled following three consecutive away defeats against Hajduk Split, Rudes, and NK Osijek. They will be desperate to rediscover the scoring touch that saw them net six goals in back-to-back wins earlier in the campaign.
How the public market prices this match, shown next to our model. For context only — it never changes a signal.
Elo is overall team strength. xG is the goals an average team would score from the same chances.
One strength number built from every result a team has had. Higher means stronger.
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb are the stronger side — 71 rating points clear of NK Slaven Belupo.
Per-game averages this season. Use the buttons to split the goals by venue.
Both teams across every game this season.
Whole season, home and away combined — NK Slaven Belupo 8 games, NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 7 games.
1. HNL (Croatia) standings · both teams highlighted in context.