Dinamo Zagreb vs Slaven Belupo Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Dinamo Zagreb

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Dinamo Zagreb will be looking for another win after the 2-3 Prva Liga triumph vs NK Osijek.

In that match, Dinamo Zagreb had 62% possession and 18 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. For Dinamo Zagreb, the goalscorers were Mahir Emreli (70') and Bruno Petković (87', 99'). Osijek got 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ramón Mierez (7') and Domagoj Bukvić (46') scored for NK Osijek.

Dinamo Zagreb have been conceding pretty frequently recently, but they have also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Dinamo Zagreb have seen their goal breached in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 6 of those games. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this match, of course.

Coming into this fixture, Dinamo Zagreb have not lost a league tie with Slaven Belupo in their previous 7 games.

Slaven Belupo

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Lokomotiva Zagreb in Prva Liga action, Slaven Belupo and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Slaven Belupo managed 55% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 0 on target. On the other side, Lokomotiva Zagreb got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Marin Šotiček (65') scored for Lokomotiva Zagreb.

The stats don’t lie, and Slaven Belupo have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 12 goals overall. At the back, Slaven Belupo just haven’t been too solid at all.

Looking at their past form shows that Slaven Belupo:

• have left without a victory over Dinamo Zagreb when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 10 matches in the league. A poor run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs going back to 12/12/2021 shows that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Slaven Belupo. They’ve not been able to get any wins whatsoever while Dinamo Zagreb have been dominant against them, running out winners in 83% of those ties.

A combined total of 21 goals were produced between them in these games, with 18 of them for Plavi and 3 belonging to Farmaceuti. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Prva Liga match day 29 on 15/04/2023 when it finished Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 Slaven Belupo.

On that occasion, Dinamo Zagreb had 72% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. The goals were scored by Josip Drmić (27'), Dario Špikić (33'), Luka Ivanušec (45') and Josip Šutalo (61').

On the other side, Slaven Belupo had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Dario Bel.

📋 Team News: Dinamo Zagreb

Lukas Kacavenda (Knee Surgery) and Luka Stojkovic (Ruptured cruciate ligament) will be missing for Dinamo Zagreb gaffer Sergej Jakirović.

📋 Team News: Slaven Belupo

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to choose from, the Slaven Belupo boss Ricardo Moniz does not have any fitness concerns at all before this game.

💭 Prediction

Unfortunately for them, Slaven Belupo will need to be at their absolute best to make much of an impression against a Dinamo Zagreb lineup who have all the attributes to absolutely dominate this game while keeping things tight in defence.

We’re therefore predicting an extremely comfortable 4-0 win at least for Dinamo Zagreb after 90 minutes.

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

Peter Guest, 08:08 13/09/2023