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Saturday, 10/10/2026 at 17:00

6d 15h to kick-off
Match preview · HNL

NK Slaven Belupo – HNK Rijeka

NK Slaven Belupo 8th in HNL Home 0.81 projected goals by the model
HNK Rijeka 5th in HNL Away 1.45 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
0.81 1.45
NK Slaven Belupo HNK Rijeka
NK Slaven Belupo
18%
Draw
31%
HNK Rijeka
51%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
NK Slaven Belupo Draw HNK Rijeka
Fair odds 5.56 3.23 1.96
Total goals
2.26
Over 2.5 goals
40%
Both teams to score
48%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans HNK Rijeka

51% HNK Rijeka to win

Attack
2nd vs 8th
HNK Rijeka attack v NK Slaven Belupo defence
Defence
1st vs 8th
HNK Rijeka defence v NK Slaven Belupo attack
Recent xG form
+0.68 vs -0.39
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
0.81 – 1.45
NK Slaven Belupo v HNK Rijeka
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: NK Slaven Belupo and HNK Rijeka compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading NK Slaven Belupo HNK Rijeka
xG / match 0.93 · 8th (better) 1.65 · 2nd
xGA / match 1.68 · 8th (better) 0.77 · 2nd
xGD / match -0.76 · 8th (better) +0.88 · 2nd
xPts / match 0.93 · 8th (better) 1.96 · 2nd
Last 6 xGD / match -0.39 (better) +0.68

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 40% of the model's distribution.

HNK Rijeka clean sheet
41%
HNK Rijeka 2+ goals
44%
Under 2.5 goals
60%
Both teams to score: no
52%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.0%
0:1
12.7%
0:2
11.1%
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Match result

NK Slaven Belupo to win
18.0% 5.56 —
Draw
31.0% 3.23 —
HNK Rijeka to win
51.0% 1.96 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
70.3% 1.42 —
Under 1.5 goals
29.7% 3.37 —
Over 2.5 goals
40.0% 2.50 —
Under 2.5 goals
60.0% 1.67 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
48.4% 2.07 —
Both teams not to score
51.6% 1.94 —

Team goals — NK Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo to score
58.8% 1.70 —
NK Slaven Belupo not to score
41.2% 2.43 —
NK Slaven Belupo 2+ goals
18.8% 5.31 —
NK Slaven Belupo at most 1 goal
81.2% 1.23 —

Team goals — HNK Rijeka

HNK Rijeka to score
79.2% 1.26 —
HNK Rijeka not to score
20.8% 4.80 —
HNK Rijeka 2+ goals
43.8% 2.28 —
HNK Rijeka at most 1 goal
56.2% 1.78 —

Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
NK Slaven Belupo sample
20 matches
HNK Rijeka sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · NK Slaven Belupo
3 matches
Away xG sample · HNK Rijeka
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.