Low-Block Fortress
Istra 1961
Istra 1961 handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 10 shots blocked or saved on 42.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 42.0%
- Shots blocked
- 6
- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 0
HNL · Matchday 6
NK Varazdin
0 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Istra 1961
HNL
Matchday 6NK Varazdin0–0Istra 1961
1.45
Expected goals
0.30
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: NV 1.45, I1 0.30.
Match report
NK Varazdin 0-0 Istra 1961
NK Varazdin and Istra 1961 played out a goalless HNL draw at Stadion Varteks.
Expected goals finished NK Varazdin 1.45, Istra 1961 0.30. NK Varazdin created the better of it and will feel a point was a poor return. NK Varazdin held 58.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Istra 1961 graded out for low-block fortress — 42.0% possession and 6 shots blocked. Istra 1961 graded out for shooting from range — 9 of 9 shots from range and 0.03 xg per shot.
Franko Kolić came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Istra 1961 from 1 key pass.
It was a niggly afternoon: 26 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Istra 1961 conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
58%Possession42%
21Shots9
1.45xG0.30
What the numbers say
2 readsShooting From Range
Istra 1961
Istra 1961 could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 100% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 9 of 9
- Share
- 100%
- xG per shot
- 0.03
Timeline
🟨24'
Dukan Ahmeti
Foul
Half-time
Stipe Jurić
Foul
🟨49'
M. Vuk ↑ S. Juric ↓
🔄57'
🔄61'
Isaac ↑ E. Frederiksen ↓
🔄61'
N. Skafar Zuzic ↑ V. Rozic ↓
E. Uchegbu ↑ I. Tavares ↓
🔄73'
🔄73'
S. Gorican ↑ D. Ahmeti ↓
🟨76'
Rene Hrvatin
Foul
Frane Maglica
Argument
🟨79'
Gregor Sikošek
Foul
🟨79'
E. Durakovic ↑ G. Sikosek ↓
🔄82'
T. Duvnjak ↑ M. Marina ↓
🔄82'
🔄85'
A. Kadusic ↑ R. Hrvatin ↓
🔄85'
A. Mauric ↑ D. Doumbia ↓
🟨90+1'
Hamza Jaganjac
Argument
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadion Varteks, Varaždin
RefereeDuje Strukan, Croatia
CompetitionHNL
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished