Betting preview: Istra 1961 faced with a tough challenge when Dinamo Zagreb visits

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 1. HNL game only four days ago. That game, against Sibenik, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dinamo Zagreb.

Istra 1961 form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Istra 1961, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in 1. HNL, have to build on here at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the 1. HNL. When Istra 1961 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Osijek and Hajduk Split), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

Istra 1961 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 4-5 away versus Gorica. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Gorica) as a comfortable lead 3-1 was completely ruined into a loss 4-5. The defeat against Gorica was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by Mitrovic). The forward Bakrar was declared "man of the match" for Istra with a rating of 8.42/10. Bakrar scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the home game against Rijeka that was lost 0-2.

It should be noted that a look at the 13 latest league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. HNL game versus Lokomotiva Zagreb in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadion Aldo Drosina.

Istra 1961 have scored {11 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Istra 1961 have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most scored goals (61) in 1. HNL, playing as the away team in the 1. HNL this season.

Dinamo play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Sibenik (placed 9th). Until that loss this club had gained at least a draw from nine league games in a row. The attacker Petković got a match rating of 7.62 in that game. Petković hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Osijek.

Observe! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 18 of this club's last 24 league fixtures.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rijeka in just four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Dinamo Zagreb are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Dinamo have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Dinamo Zagreb have won all of the 5 latest games versus this opponent. Something to take note of?

The newest archived scoreline featuring both these sides is the Dinamo Zagreb - Istra 1961 1-0 played earlier this season. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

A. Erceg 9 goals

B. Petković 9 goals

L. Ivanušec 6 goals

Istra 1961 missing players

Dinamo Zagreb missing players