Betting preview: Dinamo Zagreb the front runner when Gorica come to town

Dinamo are already the 1. HNL winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Gorica have already sealed their fate; they will finish in 9th place no matter what happens.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

This stadium, Stadion Maksimir, has been a fortress for Dinamo Zagreb in the 1. HNL so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 16-2-0. days ago.

The Dinamo Zagreb supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Gorica and win 4-1. Ivanušec has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful! Ivanušec (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.54/10. Ivanušec scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 7 times and had 44 successful passes (of 52 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Rijeka and winning 2-1.

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 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Dinamo are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (52 goals in 18 games). From these home matches, Dinamo Zagreb have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Gorica form and stats

There's been little loot from Gorica's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 18 away games in the 1. HNL. Gorica only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 5 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Gorica have lost on their last two travels.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Gorica, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Dinamo Zagreb (placed 1st). Mrzljak got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Mrzljak served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 31 successful passes (of 37 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 5-2 against Varazdin.

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 7 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gorica have conceded 30 goals in these games. Gorica has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Dinamo Zagreb have put together a sequence of 21 consecutive games without defeat (18-3-0) when playing Gorica.

The former H2H meeting ended Dinamo Zagreb - Gorica 4-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

L. Ivanušec 12 goals

B. Petković 10 goals

D. Špikić 7 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Gorica missing players