Only the second game in the 1. HNL for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stadion Aldo Drosina as Istra 1961 welcomes Dinamo Zagreb. Check out this preview!
Istra 1961 and Dinamo Zagreb should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Istra 1961 form and stats
The fans are hoping that Istra will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the 1. HNL game against Hajduk Split (placed 3rd). Heartbreak before that as Istra lost 2-4 at Rijeka's place.
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Istra 1961 had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew one and lost two. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Istra 1961 lost one similar game by at least two goals.
Last season, Istra 1961's league statistics were 5 wins, 10 draws and 21 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Arena Cup. Over these 36 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season Istra 1961 managed 4-8-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 24 conceded.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Dinamo Zagreb goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic is eager to challenge this, with his 274 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Dinamo go into this game after a win, the home game against Lokomotiva Zagreb that ended 6-0. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Varazdin.
As mentioned above, Dinamo was the only team on the pitch versus Lokomotiva Zagreb in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned earlier, Dinamo will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in ten wins (eight by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and one surprising defeat.
Let's have a look at how Dinamo Zagreb performed last season in the 1. HNL: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 25 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 28/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - one - nine (Istra 1961 wins - draws - Dinamo Zagreb wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Majer 2 goals |  L. Ivanušec 1 goals |  M. Gavranović 1 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Istra 1961 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 55% |
| Istra 1961 | Last season | Dinamo Zagreb | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Scored | S | 28 | 62 | ||
| 59 | 24 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | ||
| 75% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 39% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 39% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 25% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 14% | ||
| 39% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 22% | 25% | ||
| 19% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 61% | ||
| 50% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 25% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 350 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 230 | 454 | ||
| 135 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 112 | 206 | ||
| 20% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Gorica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Hajduk Split | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Rijeka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Osijek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Slaven Koprivnica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sibenik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Varazdin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 10 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 42 | 80 |
| 2 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 65 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 64 |
| 4 | Osijek | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 62 |
| 5 | Hajduk Split | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 60 |
| 6 | Gorica | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 34 | -4 | 49 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 35 | -17 | 39 |
| 8 | Varazdin | 36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -21 | 36 |
| 9 | Istra 1961 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 35 | -32 | 25 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 36 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 72 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 37 | -40 | 17 |