The Zagreb side firmly held the top of the table with five points more than their closest challengers, Belgrade's Jugoslavija. With such a points gap, they travelled away to face none other than – Jugoslavija. It was the 15th of 18 total rounds, and Građanski entered this match having suffered just one defeat. And that single loss was recorded way back in September, in the 2nd round.

Moreover, the Zagreb team entered the Belgrade match on a run of five consecutive victories with a goal difference of 22-3. In each of the previous five matches, they had scored at least four (!) goals.

The match was officiated by Italian referee Francesco Mattea, who a month and a half later also refereed the Italian Cup final. Mattea had also officiated three years earlier at the 1934 World Cup.

Around 12,000 spectators gathered at Jugoslavija's ground that day, including a thousand supporters of the Zagreb club, and from the stands could be heard loud chanting at times: "Blue! Blue!"

The Građanski players were first to step onto the pitch and were greeted with applause from the home crowd.

The Zagreb side were noticeably better in the first half and found the net in the 39th minute. Milan Antolković played through August Lešnik, who crossed to Svetozar Džanić. He deliberately let the ball run through, allowing the onrushing Branko Pleše to collect it and powerfully slam it into the goal.

The home side rallied after Zagreb took the lead and managed to equalise at the start of the second half. Aleksandar Petrović found Đorđe Lojančić in the 47th minute, who broke clear one-on-one with goalkeeper Emil Urcha and scored into the bottom corner.

Interestingly, the Zagreb coach, the renowned Martin Bukovi, watched the first half sitting on a suitcase containing the first aid kit, while in the second half, immediately after the home team's equalising goal, he paced restlessly behind Građanski's goal.

After this match, the Zagreb club remained at the top of the table with 25 points, second-placed Jugoslavija had 20, and behind them were BSK and Hajduk, each with 19 points.

Građanski played in Belgrade again in the following round, this time against BSK, the club that was their main rival in that pre-war era. The Zagreb side triumphed away with an emphatic 4-0 victory in a match where they scored three goals in the first eight minutes, including a hat-trick by August Lešnik.