On Saturday, Hajduk will host Slaven Belupo at Poljud within MAXtv First League, round 9. This will be the 54th match between these two teams in Croatian football league.

In the past 53, Hajduk has been significantly more successful with 30 wins and 17 draws, while the team from Koprivnica won 6 times. The goal difference is on Hajduk's side, they scored 85, but conceded only 38 goals.

An interesting fact is that Hajduk has never defeated by Belupo at their home grounds. In 27 matches played at Poljud, Hajduk celebrated 22 times, and five games ended in a draw. The biggest victory against the '' Pharmacists '' was achieved in the seasons 1998/1999 and 2009/2010, when Hajduk won 5:0.

In the last 5 mutual matches played in Split, Hajduk has collected 4 wins and 1 match ended in a draw.

After eight rounds, Marijan Pušnik's team has 14, while guests from Koprivnica have nine points.

Zeljko Kopic's teamachieved two wins in the previous eight rounds (Inter Zapresic, Cibalia), three drews (Dinamo Zagreb, Split, Istra 1961), but in the last three matches, they were defeated (Osijek, Rijeka, Lokomotiva). Team's top scorer Mirko Ivanovski scored 5 goals.

Kopic coached different teams in 11 matches against Hajduk, achieving 3 wins, 3 drews and 5 defeats.