Slaven - Hajduk Croatia - 1.NHL Prediction

Slaven - Hajduk
24.05 16:30
Last home match for Slaven this season and still has some importance for them. They are two points behind Rijeka and only win would keep them in the race for the 3rd spot. 4th spot leads to EL too, but from the 3rd they will have one round less to play.Also, coach Petković is leaving club at the end of the season and some of the players too, so they will be highly motivated, like always when playing Hajduk or Dinamo in front of their crowd.
For Hajduk, this match has absolutely no meaning at all, and they will rest almost all available players for 2nd leg of the national cup next Thursday against ancient rivals from Zagreb(0-3 from the first leg). Coach Miše admitts that he waits for Thursday and that this match has no meaning for him except for testing some of the fringe players.
Hajduk was regular Slaven's victim few years ago but they improved that in last few matches at Koprivnica. Still, Slaven is a typical home team(sucks away) and surely a team with bigger motivation between these two. Their top striker is, according to some rumours, close to signing for Hajduk along with some of his team mates as well who are also close to getting transfered to other clubs. Slaven will want it more, have full squad and winning Hajduk would be a perfect closure of another solid season in front of their fans. Im quite confident that they won't lose this, and this should also go over 2.5, maybe even 3.5 goals. 3-2 is my call.
Tip: Slaven, Odds 2.4;