The Hajduk Split & Dinamo Zagreb bosses Leko and Bišćan are both anxious about and feeling excited about this highly important game in the top part of the 1. HNL table.
- Hajduk Split have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (71) in 1. HNL
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.
Hajduk Split form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Poljud as Hajduk Split have scored 33 goals to get 34 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the 1. HNL are 10-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sahiti was the last player to score a league goal for Hajduk Split and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Hajduk haven't scored in 205 minutes. Hajduk Split are confident in defense, having played 285 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Dinamo Zagreb last time out and are looking for a victory here. Awaziem was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Awaziem won 8 of 12 duels.
0-0 away at Gorica before that.Goals decide football matches and Hajduk Split are scoring many of them at home; 33 on target from 16 league matches. Hajduk Split's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
7 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most scored goals (71) in 1. HNL, playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season. Visiting Dinamo has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
415 minutes! That's how long the Dinamo Zagreb goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hajduk Split (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Midfield player Mišić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Mišić hit one key pass and had 60 successful passes (of 64 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Varazdin.Dinamo Zagreb are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dinamo Zagreb are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Dinamo Zagreb have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when facing Hajduk.Hajduk Split - Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 was the output when this pair of contenders previously did battle, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Livaja 18 goals |   L. Ivanušec 9 goals |  B. Petković 9 goals |
Hajduk Split missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Hajduk Split | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | 33 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 27 | 71 |
| 41 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 26 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 84% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 69% | 75% |
| 59% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 56% |
| 38% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 38% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 59% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 69% | 62% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 31% |
| 16% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 16% |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 13.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.9 | 13.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 36% | 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 36% |
| 9.7 | 8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 8.8 | 7.8 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.1 |
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals (26) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most points (27) away in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (27) away in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (71) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+12) away in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+45) in 1. HNL
- Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dinamo Zagreb is in the best form (3-3-0) in 1. HNL
- Hajduk Split have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hajduk Split have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 71 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 45 | 71 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 59 |
| 3 | Osijek | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 45 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Istra 1961 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -1 | 41 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 40 |
| 7 | Varazdin | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 39 |
| 8 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Gorica | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -13 | 27 |
| 10 | Sibenik | 32 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -20 | 27 |
