Dinamo Zagreb - Istra 1961. 3rd spot welcomes 8th spot. Everything can happen - get a thorough match preview here!
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals (9) in 1. HNL
- Istra 1961 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Rapid Vienna, so at least Dinamo are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb are steadily winning 1. HNL games and points here at Stadion Maksimir. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games. After failing to beat Rijeka here at Stadion Maksimir, Dinamo has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Dinamo lost their last game at Rapid Vienna after a 1-2 scoreline. The forward Luka Ivanušec outdid all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.32 out of 10. Ivanušec served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).
3-3 away at Rijeka before that.Dinamo Zagreb are traveling soon after this match as the Croatia Cup match at Bijelo Brdo awaits in three days.
Dinamo are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 6 games). From these home matches, Dinamo Zagreb have conceded only 5 goals.
Istra 1961 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Istra 1961 so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Istra 1961 are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Gorica (placed 6th). Hassane Bandé, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Bandé scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A loss against Rijeka was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Istra 1961's match history for similar games we find five matches. The home team won five of these as expected, three of them by at least two goals. Istra 1961 managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Croatia Cup trip to Rudar Labin.
The attacking power of Istra when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Istra 1961 have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Dinamo victories, one draw and zero Istra 1961 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Bandé 5 goals |   B. Petković 3 goals |  M. Oršić 3 goals |
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
Istra 1961 missing players
| Dinamo Zagreb | Istra 1961 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 55% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 45% |
| 40% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 30% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 64% |
| 60% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 18% |
| 10% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 18% |
| 7.9 | 9.7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 15.8 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 7.1 | 7.7 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 39% | 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 38% |
- Dinamo Zagreb have created more than twice as many corners as Istra 1961.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Istra 1961 have scored away.
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals (9) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most clean sheets (4) at home in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most clean sheets (6) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+19) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Dinamo Zagreb haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dinamo Zagreb is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Istra 1961 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Istra 1961 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Istra 1961 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rijeka | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Osijek | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Dinamo Zagreb | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| 4 | Hajduk Split | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Gorica | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 9 | Slaven Koprivnica | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
| 10 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | -21 | 6 |