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Slaven Belupo vs Rudes Prediction & Betting tips
On Thursday evening, the 26th matchday will be opened in the first Croatian football league: in the Gradski Stadium, the NK Slaven Belupo Koprivnica will welcome the NK Rudes. After 25th matchday Slaven Belupo is exactly one place above the mark. The advantage over the relegation place is only five points. 11 games are still in the HNL this season. The club from the northern Croatian town of Koprivnica has been waiting for a win for five games. The team of coach Ivica Sertic took only one point from these games.
With the second league championship in the 2016/17 season, the NK Rudes was able to rise for the first time in his club’s history in the 1st HNL. The club ended the first first year with 13 points ahead of the relegation place. But this season, the club from the suburbs of Zagreb gets no foot on the ground. After 25 games Tomislav Ivkovic’s men have only seven points in their account. The first win of the season succeeded Rudes only on the 24th matchday. Rudes is currently ten points behind the relegation place. Who in the duel Slaven Belupo Koprivnica vs.. NK Rudes trusts the odds of bookmakers, can only bet on the home side with his tip. The odds for Slaven Belupo speak so clearly.
Slaven Belupo :
The NK Slaven Belupo has been a permanent guest in the 1st HNL since 1997. In the 2007/08 season, the club was able to celebrate the biggest success in the club’s history with the runner-up. During this time, Belupo also qualified for the UEFA Cup and Europa League four times. In the last six seasons, however, the NKSB has only landed on the 6th to the 9th rank. A similar ranking is expected this season too. After 25 games you will find the team of coach Sertic with 22 points in eighth place. In the first 25 games, it was enough to only three wins for Slaven Belupo Koprivnica. With 13 draws, the men of NK Slaven Belupo are the draw kings of the first Croatian league. So far, you had to accept nine defeats. The Northern Croats are still waiting for their first win of the season away from home. On opponent’s place, there have only been ten draws and three draws so far this season. At home, the record stands at three wins, three draws and six bankruptcies.
On Saturday a week ago, Slaven Belupo had to go to Lokomotiva Zagreb. The guests had to compete without the injured Canadija, Bacelic Grgic and Markovic and the red-locked Zirdum. In a good first half, the team from Koprivnica even took the lead. But seven minutes later Zagreb was able to compensate. Shortly after the restart the home side scored the 2: 1. After that, Slaven had to open Belupo. Lokomotiva Zagreb used these spaces icily to the final score of 3: 1. In the international break, the men of Coach Ivica Sertic completed a friendly match against the third division HASK Zagreb. In the game, the coach gave some reserve players a chance. In the end, the first division had to be satisfied with a 0-0.
NK Rudes:
The NK Rudes was founded in 1957. In 2009, the club managed for the first time the rise in the 2nd Croatian League. There, the NK developed into a solid and consistent second division member. With the championship in 2016/17, the club rose for the first time in the 1st HNL. In the first Erstligajahr Rudes could hold as the table just short of the class. But this season, the first league adventure should come to an end after two years. Coach Ivkovic’s men have been without victory for a long time this season. On Friday, the 8th of March, the time had finally come. In the home game against Inter Zapresic NK Rudes could finally celebrate the first victory of the season on 24 Matchday. A matchday later followed by the 0-3 at Hajduk Split but already the next setback.
Thus, the men from Rudes remain the clear bottom of the league. Only seven points after 25 matchdays are already a special negative record. Of course, 17 goals scored and 61 conceded goals are also the negative value in the league. In their own stadium is the balance in a win, a draw and 10 defeats. The goal difference is here in 12 games at 8:28. Away is the club without a win. In 13 games on the opponent’s square it was enough for the men of coach Ivkovic only for three draws. The NKR struck nine times in foreign matches and conceded 33 goals. The international break was used for a test match: This Rudes won on March 22 at home against the Slovenian Zwitligisten NK Bravo with 3: 2.
Slaven Belupo vs Rudes head to head matches
10.12.18 1HN Rudes Slaven Belupo 1 : 1
21.09.18 1HN Slaven Belupo Rudes 1 : 1
10.05.18 1HN Rudes Slaven Belupo 2 : 0
09.03.18 1HN Slaven Belupo Rudes 2 : 0
17.11.17 1HN Rudes Slaven Belupo 1 : 2