1. HNL: Dinamo Zagreb expected to win home game against Gorica

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maksimir (35423 seats)

Dinamo Zagreb battle Gorica for kudos and success.

Dinamo Zagreb have less rest than Gorica in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Legia Warszawa.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Two 1. HNL home games so far for Dinamo Zagreb, who are yet to win here at Stadion Maksimir. Only 1 point so far.

Dinamo are returning here after visiting Legia Warszawa in a Champions League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Bartol Franjić scored the goal(s).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Legia Warszawa that ended 1-1.

Dinamo are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost zero.

At Stadion Maksimir, Dinamo Zagreb has the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Gorica form and stats

Things could have gone better for Gorica in their 1. HNL away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Gorica failed to get anything from their last game, a 1. HNL home match vs Hajduk Split (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-3. Midfielder Kristijan Lovrić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Lovrić scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Istra 1961 with the score of 2-1.

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 five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

2 goals so far away for Gorica, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dinamo Zagreb eight wins, one draw and Gorica one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DinamoL. Majer
L. Majer
3 goals
GoricaK. Lovrić
K. Lovrić
2 goals
GoricaM. Dieye
M. Dieye
2 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Gorica missing players

Dinamo Zagreb Gorica
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
7 3 0 Scored S 2 2 6
5 5 2 Conceded C 1 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
67% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 75%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
11.7 12.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.8
1.3 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.5 5
0.3 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 3.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 20.5 19 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10 11
8 7.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4
29% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 38%
Dinamo Zagreb Last season Gorica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
26 14   Won W   9 17
7 2   Drew D   3 8
3 2   Lost L   6 11
84 44   Scored S   32 60
28 13   Conceded C   23 47
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
83% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 75%
50% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 56%
36% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 31%
25% 28%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 22%
44% 33%   BTTS BTTS   67% 61%
50% 61%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 25%
6% 6%   Failed to Score F T   11% 19%
 
5.6 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
4.1 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
3 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.4 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.1 10.2
6 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 4.2
39% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Osijek 4 3 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 5 10
2 Rijeka 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 7
3 Hajduk Split 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 7
4 Lokomotiva Zagreb 3 2 1 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
5 Gorica 4 2 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
6 Slaven Koprivnica 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 5
7 Dinamo Zagreb 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 4
8 Istra 1961 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
9 Sibenik 4 0 1 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 8 -6 1
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 4 0 0 4 4 12 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 36 26 7 3 84 28 18 14 2 2 44 13 18 12 5 1 40 15 56 85
2 Osijek 36 23 8 5 59 25 18 13 4 1 30 8 18 10 4 4 29 17 34 77
3 Rijeka 36 18 7 11 51 46 18 8 6 4 24 20 18 10 1 7 27 26 5 61
4 Hajduk Split 36 18 6 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 19 18 10 2 6 21 18 11 60
5 Gorica 36 17 8 11 60 47 18 8 5 5 28 24 18 9 3 6 32 23 13 59
6 Sibenik 36 9 8 19 32 47 18 5 4 9 12 23 18 4 4 10 20 24 -15 35
7 Slaven Koprivnica 36 7 13 16 36 53 18 3 7 8 17 25 18 4 6 8 19 28 -17 34
8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 36 7 9 20 29 60 18 5 3 10 18 29 18 2 6 10 11 31 -31 30
9 Istra 1961 36 7 8 21 27 52 18 6 2 10 16 23 18 1 6 11 11 29 -25 29
10 Varazdin 36 6 10 20 30 61 18 3 5 10 21 35 18 3 5 10 9 26 -31 28