Dinamo Zagreb vs NK Osijek Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Dinamo Zagreb

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Dinamo Zagreb will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-0 Prva Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Lokomotiva Zagreb.

In that game, Dinamo Zagreb had 55% possession and 23 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Lokomotiva Zagreb had 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Mateo Marić (8') scored for Lokomotiva Zagreb.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Dinamo Zagreb have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Dinamo Zagreb have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 8 goals along the way. That kind of trend might not be continued here, however.

Pre-game facts show that Dinamo Zagreb:

• haven't lost in the league to NK Osijek in their last 3 games.
• have not been beaten in their last 6 home league matches.

NK Osijek

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NK Osijek head into the clash following on from a 3-0 Prva Liga win over Istra 1961 in their last game.

In that match, NK Osijek managed 40% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For NK Osijek, goals were scored by Mihael Žaper (5'), Mihret Topčagić (59') and Ivan Fiolić (75'). At the other end, Istra 1961 got 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

A succession of hard-working performances from the NK Osijek defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. In that period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 12.

A look at their previous results shows us that NK Osijek:

• have left without a victory over Dinamo Zagreb in games played away from home for the previous 6 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 27/06/2020 shows us that Dinamo Zagreb have won 3 of them & NK Osijek 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.

An aggregate of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 8 for Plavi and 4 for Bijelo-plavi. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Prva Liga match day 7 on 29/08/2021 which finished with the scoreline of NK Osijek 0-2 Dinamo Zagreb.

On that occasion, NK Osijek had 40% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Danijel Lončar (65' Own goal).

On the other side, Dinamo Zagreb got 13 shots on goal with 3 on target. Kristijan Jakić (33') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Ivan Bebek.

📋 Team News: Dinamo Zagreb

The Dinamo Zagreb manager Damir Krznar does not have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

📋 Team News: NK Osijek

Due to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the NK Osijek boss Nenad Bjelica does not have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash.

🔮 Prediction

Our feeling is that NK Osijek should be able to find the back of the net against this Dinamo Zagreb side, but that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Dinamo Zagreb by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 01:16 16/11/2021