Football betting preview: Dinamo Zagreb favourites when Gorica visits

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maksimir (37168 seats)

Dinamo Zagreb perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Gorica can look both up and down from their 5th position.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 1. HNL match only four days ago.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most points (44) at home in 1. HNL, have been very solid at home so far, with 44 points collected from 16 matches (14-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the league table. The Dinamo Zagreb fans aren't used to losing here at Stadion Maksimir and will expect new points from this game. Dinamo Zagreb has played 18 games in a row here without a defeat.

The home team returns to Stadion Maksimir after sharing the points with Rijeka on their last time out; the 1. HNL game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Dinamo Zagreb won a home game hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb (3-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Dinamo Zagreb home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

The manager N. Bjelica will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inter Zapresic in only three days.

The Dinamo Zagreb manager N. Bjelica has got the team scoring with 38 from 16 home games. Dinamo Zagreb have only conceded 10 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gorica form and stats

8-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gorica in their matches away. It's three draws from Gorica's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Gorica won their last game, 4-1 versus Istra 1961 played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Rudes.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Gorica played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 0 times.

A new game in only four days for Gorica, the 1. HNL home match versus Osijek. Busy days.

Gorica have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. It's not easy to score on Gorica as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gorica - Dinamo Zagreb 1-2 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between the teams: Dinamo Zagreb won 3, Gorica won 0 and 0 draws. 1 game with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Zwoliński
14 goals
B. Petković
9 goals
K. Lovrić
8 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Gorica missing players

Dinamo Zagreb Gorica
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
33 16 3 Played 4 16 33
26 14 3 Won 2 8 15
5 2 0 Drew 1 5 8
2 0 0 Lost 1 3 10
65 38 5 Scored 6 23 52
16 10 0 Conceded 5 14 41
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
64% 69% 33% Over 1.5 75% 69% 79%
42% 56% 33% Over 2.5 50% 38% 52%
15% 19% 0% Over 3.5 50% 31% 33%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 12%
33% 44% 0% BTTS 50% 38% 48%
64% 56% 100% Clean Sheets 25% 44% 30%
9% 0% 0% Failed To Score 25% 25% 24%
 
5.5 7.1 6 Corners For (avg) 3.2 4.3 4.4
3 2.9 3.3 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 6.1 5.1
2.1 1.1 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.8 3.1 3.1
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 3
Key stats this season:
  • Dinamo Zagreb have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dinamo Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dinamo Zagreb have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Dinamo Zagreb have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dinamo Zagreb haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Dinamo Zagreb
All Champions League 1. HNL Europa League Croatia Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-04-19 1.H Istra 1961 0 - 4 Dinamo Zagreb
19-04-19 1.H Slaven Koprivnica 0 - 1 Dinamo Zagreb
23-04-19 CC Dinamo Zagreb 2 - 0 Osijek
27-04-19 1.H Osijek 2 - 1 Dinamo Zagreb
05-05-19 1.H Dinamo Zagreb 3 - 0 Lokomotiva Zagreb
11-05-19 1.H Rijeka 0 - 0 Dinamo Zagreb
15-05-19 1.H Dinamo Zagreb 16:00 Gorica
18-05-19 1.H Inter Zapresic 14:30 Dinamo Zagreb
22-05-19 CC Dinamo Zagreb 16:00 Rijeka
26-05-19 1.H Dinamo Zagreb 17:00 Hajduk Split
Gorica
All 1. HNL 2. HNL Croatia Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-04-19 1.H Gorica 0 - 2 Lokomotiva Zagreb
06-04-19 1.H Gorica 1 - 0 Rijeka
14-04-19 1.H Gorica 4 - 3 Slaven Koprivnica
20-04-19 1.H Inter Zapresic 2 - 2 Gorica
27-04-19 1.H Gorica 3 - 0 Hajduk Split
03-05-19 1.H Rudes 1 - 1 Gorica
10-05-19 1.H Gorica 4 - 1 Istra 1961
15-05-19 1.H Dinamo Zagreb 16:00 Gorica
19-05-19 1.H Gorica 17:00 Osijek
26-05-19 1.H Lokomotiva Zagreb 17:00 Gorica

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 33 26 5 2 65 16 16 14 2 0 38 10 17 12 3 2 27 6 49 83
2 Rijeka 33 18 9 6 67 33 17 10 6 1 38 11 16 8 3 5 29 22 34 63
3 Osijek 33 16 8 9 56 33 16 8 4 4 29 16 17 8 4 5 27 17 23 56
4 Hajduk Split 33 15 11 7 50 34 17 8 6 3 27 14 16 7 5 4 23 20 16 56
5 Gorica 33 15 8 10 52 41 17 7 3 7 29 27 16 8 5 3 23 14 11 53
6 Lokomotiva Zagreb 33 13 9 11 48 38 17 7 6 4 23 16 16 6 3 7 25 22 10 48
7 Slaven Koprivnica 33 6 14 13 38 51 16 5 4 7 19 23 17 1 10 6 19 28 -13 32
8 Inter Zaprešić 34 9 4 21 37 78 17 4 3 10 21 35 17 5 1 11 16 43 -41 31
9 Istra 1961 34 5 7 22 28 69 17 2 4 11 10 36 17 3 3 11 18 33 -41 22
10 Rudeš 33 3 5 25 25 73 16 2 2 12 11 33 17 1 3 13 14 40 -48 14

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