NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 0-1 NK Varazdin: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

Varaždin come to Maksimir in the healthier league position and with a more reliable defensive platform, while Lokomotiva need a response after a difficult sequence of results. The hosts showed against Dinamo that they can create danger against stronger opposition, but their defensive lapses have repeatedly undone positive spells. Varaždin’s team news is the major counterweight: Matej Vuk is ruled out and Robby McCrorie faces a late fitness call. This should be a tense, physical contest in which transition defending and the penalty-area details matter most.

Head-to-head analysis

This is a balanced recent match-up rather than a one-sided rivalry. The last two league encounters finished level, while the broader recent series contains narrow home and away wins for both clubs.

Injuries and absences

Varaždin are set to miss Matej Vuk because of a back issue, reducing an attacking option, and Robby McCrorie’s ankle problem creates a potentially significant late decision in goal. Lokomotiva have no confirmed named absence in the supplied feed, although Jelavić has flagged wider fitness concerns.

Form (last 5)

NK Lokomotiva Zagreb vs NK Varazdin stats

Last meetings

• 2026-06-27NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 2-1 NK Varazdin
• 2026-05-09NK Varazdin 1-1 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
• 2026-03-07NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 1-1 NK Varazdin
• 2025-12-07NK Varazdin 4-2 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
• 2025-09-20NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 1-0 NK Varazdin
• 2025-04-26NK Varazdin 2-1 NK Lokomotiva Zagreb

Other HNL matches

• HNK Gorica – Rudes
• HNK Hajduk Split – Dinamo Zagreb
• NK Osijek – Istra 1961
• NK Slaven Belupo – HNK Rijeka