The Croatian national team play Slovenia in Split on Saturday, with the match set for 14:00 at Stari Plac. Entry to the match is free, with coverage provided on the Sportklub 9 channel.
Croatia are heavy favourites against Slovenia, who lost 36-19 in their only home match. The head coach of the national team is Tonči Buzov, while Deon Mau'eu, Bojan Busselez, Dražen Brčić-Šušak, Ivano Šojić, Marko Buljac and Ivo Perić are absent from the squad. Vito Stanin, Luka Ban, Jakov Debeljak, Vid Vukovec and Arijan Mujagić have been called up. The Croatian team's aim is to return to the Trophy division.
The players set to play in Split for Croatia are Daniel Mau'eu, Altamirano, Biškić, Delo, Miloš, Starčević, Šiklić, Galić, Gudelj, Vranešević, Marinović, Grčić, Prološčić, Vlašić and Pavlović. Starting from the bench will be Čorić, Ban, Bašić, Vukovac, Stanin, Vlajčević, Buljanović, Barić, Debeljak and Mujagić. The current standings see Croatia with 9 points from two matches, Austria with 6 from two, and Slovenia and Serbia with 0 from one each. Croatia secured a maximum five points in Sinj against Serbia and won away in Austria, placing them at the top of the Conference division of the Nations Cup.
The league match between Hajduk and Varaždin takes place on Sunday at 15:00, while the Dalmatian derby between SuperSport league sides Split and Zadar takes place at 19:00 on Sunday.
Dinamo travel to Koprivnica to face Slaven Belupo in the 10th round of the SuperSport HNL on Sunday, with the match starting at 18:00 at the Gradski Stadijon Ivan Kušlak. A live television broadcast is scheduled on MAXSport 1, starting at 17:55. Slaven Belupo defeated Rijeka 4-1 in the previous round, with Mario Čabraja as coach. The club will not be able to rely on captain Tomislav Božić due to injury. The club has unveiled a new kit linked to the club's tradition and the upcoming 120th anniversary of football in Koprivnica, with the new kit set to make its debut against Dinamo.
Dinamo seek a return to winning ways following a defeat to Hajduk in the biggest Croatian derby at Poljud, which ended 2-1, with the first goal scored by the opposition. Heading into the match against Slaven Beluš, Dinamo have 16 points from eight league games. The two sides met earlier in the current season, on 31 July, when Dinamo won 2-0 at Maksimir. The match between Slaven Beluš and Dinamo is the final fixture of the 10th round of the Super League.
