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Match preview · HNL

NK Slaven Belupo – NK Istra 1961

NK Slaven Belupo 8th in HNL Home 1.30 projected goals by the model
NK Istra 1961 6th in HNL Away 1.18 projected goals by the model

Model updated 5 October, 12:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.30 1.18
NK Slaven Belupo NK Istra 1961
NK Slaven Belupo
37%
Draw
32%
NK Istra 1961
31%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
NK Slaven Belupo Draw NK Istra 1961
Fair odds 2.69 3.15 3.21
Total goals
2.48
Over 2.5 goals
46%
Both teams to score
56%
Data coverage · full

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Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans NK Slaven Belupo

37% NK Slaven Belupo to win

Attack
8th vs 7th
NK Slaven Belupo attack v NK Istra 1961 defence
Defence
8th vs 6th
NK Slaven Belupo defence v NK Istra 1961 attack
Recent xG form
-0.39 vs +0.18
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.30 – 1.18
NK Slaven Belupo v NK Istra 1961
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 NK Istra 1961 compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading NK Slaven Belupo NK Istra 1961
xG / match 0.93 · 8th (better) 1.44 · 5th
xGA / match 1.68 · 8th (better) 1.26 · 5th
xGD / match -0.76 · 8th (better) +0.19 · 6th
xPts / match 0.93 · 8th (better) 1.45 · 6th
Last 6 xGD / match -0.39 (better) +0.18

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

NK Slaven Belupo clean sheet
28%
NK Slaven Belupo 2+ goals
38%
Under 2.5 goals
54%
Both teams to score: no
44%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.3%
2:1
9.7%
1:2
8.7%
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Match result

NK Slaven Belupo to win
37.1% 2.69 —
Draw
31.7% 3.15 —
NK Istra 1961 to win
31.2% 3.21 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
75.2% 1.33 —
Under 1.5 goals
24.8% 4.03 —
Over 2.5 goals
46.2% 2.17 —
Under 2.5 goals
53.8% 1.86 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
56.4% 1.77 —
Both teams not to score
43.6% 2.29 —

Team goals — NK Slaven Belupo

NK Slaven Belupo to score
75.5% 1.33 —
NK Slaven Belupo not to score
24.5% 4.08 —
NK Slaven Belupo 2+ goals
38.2% 2.62 —
NK Slaven Belupo at most 1 goal
61.8% 1.62 —

Team goals — NK Istra 1961

NK Istra 1961 to score
72.2% 1.38 —
NK Istra 1961 not to score
27.8% 3.60 —
NK Istra 1961 2+ goals
33.6% 2.98 —
NK Istra 1961 at most 1 goal
66.4% 1.51 —

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
NK Istra 1961 sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · NK Slaven Belupo
3 matches
Away xG sample · NK Istra 1961
3 matches
Computed
Monday, 05/10/2026 at 12:30

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.