The manager D. Krznar looks to inspire Dinamo Zagreb win against Šibenik

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Maksimir (35423 seats)

A quick look at the 1. HNL table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Dinamo Zagreb - Šibenik preview!

Insights:
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (83) in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik have the fewest points from losing position (2) in 1. HNL

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Croatia Cup. This match was also played here at Stadion Maksimir. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Šibenik have had more rest.

Dinamo Zagreb 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. Šibenik are staying put at 6th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most scored goals (83) in 1. HNL, are steadily winning 1. HNL games and points here at Stadion Maksimir. 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Dinamo haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Šibenik, 112 days ago.

A nice win for Dinamo Zagreb last time playing, versus Istra 1961. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that match, a 1. HNL win away at Gorica.

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 home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Goals are plentiful at Stadion Maksimir in the league this season as Dinamo has scored 43 goals here in 17 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Dinamo Zagreb are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Maksimir in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 17 matches.

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Šibenik form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Šibenik so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-9 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Šibenik have lost on their last two travels.

S. Sahiti was the last player to score for the away team. Šibenik haven't scored a league goal in the last 216 minutes.

Šibenik's previous game was their home loss versus Hajduk Split (0-2). Defender Isnik Alimi was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Alimi hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Osijek wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

You'll want to know how Šibenik managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found three similar matches resulting in one away win, one draw and one home win.

Šibenik are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Šibenik have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Šibenik - Dinamo 1-1. Dinamo-Šibenik H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dinamo Zagreb eight wins, Šibenik one win, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo ZagrebM. Gavranović
M. Gavranović
16 goals
Dinamo ZagrebM. Oršić
M. Oršić
16 goals
ŠibenikD. Jurić
D. Jurić
11 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Šibenik missing players

Dinamo Zagreb Šibenik
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
25 13 3 Won W 0 4 9
7 2 0 Drew D 0 4 8
3 2 1 Lost L 4 9 18
83 43 7 Scored S 2 20 32
28 13 3 Conceded C 8 23 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
86% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 60%
51% 59% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 37%
37% 47% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 35% 26%
26% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 9%
46% 35% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 34%
49% 59% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 26%
6% 6% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 41% 49%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.5 11.6 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8.9 9.5
6 5.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4
40% 47% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 23%
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • 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 more than double the goals of Šibenik.
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most points (41) at home in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (43) at home in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (83) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the first half (40) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+30) at home in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+55) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Dinamo Zagreb is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Šibenik have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Šibenik have the fewest points from losing position (2) in 1. HNL

  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 35 25 7 3 83 28 17 13 2 2 43 13 18 12 5 1 40 15 55 82
2 Osijek 35 22 8 5 57 24 17 12 4 1 28 7 18 10 4 4 29 17 33 74
3 Gorica 35 17 8 10 59 45 18 8 5 5 28 24 17 9 3 5 31 21 14 59
4 Rijeka 35 17 7 11 49 45 17 7 6 4 22 19 18 10 1 7 27 26 4 58
5 Hajduk Split 35 17 6 12 46 37 17 7 4 6 25 19 18 10 2 6 21 18 9 57
6 Šibenik 35 9 8 18 32 46 18 5 4 9 12 23 17 4 4 9 20 23 -14 35
7 Slaven Koprivnica 35 6 13 16 35 53 17 2 7 8 16 25 18 4 6 8 19 28 -18 31
8 Lokomotiva Zagreb 35 7 9 19 29 58 18 5 3 10 18 29 17 2 6 9 11 29 -29 30
9 Istra 1961 35 7 8 20 26 50 18 6 2 10 16 23 17 1 6 10 10 27 -24 29
10 Varazdin 35 6 10 19 30 60 18 3 5 10 21 35 17 3 5 9 9 25 -30 28