In recent years, excavations at Velimirovac – Arenda 1, Donji Miholjac – Vrancari and Podgorač – Ražište sites yielded new data about middle Neolithic settlement infrastructures and the remains of material culture in Drava river valley (northern Croatia). For the first time, a purely LBK site was revealed south of Drava river shedding a new light on the dispersal of this culture in its early phase. Combined with a new interpretation of the Virovitica – Brekinja site and some new radiocarbon dates from the recent excavations, the transition from Starčevo culture to LBK, the emergence of Ražište style, and its development under Vinča influence can be outlined for regions south of the Drava river. A new interpretation is also given for the chronological sequence (5450–4900 calBC) of the middle Neolithic in this specific micro region. Results are compared with data from Szederkény-Kukorica-dűlő and other sites from Hungarian Baranya region adding to the newly developed discussion about Starčevo–LBK–Ražište–Vinča connections.