Struggling Istra 1961 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Dinamo Zagreb in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
The visiting Dinamo Zagreb played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Atalanta, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Dinamo Zagreb.
Istra 1961 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 1. HNL this season. Istra 1961 have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Aldo Drosina Stadium. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts. Istra 1961 are slowly digging their own grave here at Aldo Drosina Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Varaždin match.
Istra 1961 lost their last game at Osijek (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. In the match before that, Istra 1961 hosted Gorica and drew the game 2-2.
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 four games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Istra 1961 lost 2 similar games by at least two goals.
Istra 1961 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Dinamo Zagreb, who have the most scored goals (29) in 1. HNL, collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the 1. HNL. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Having won their last three away games Dinamo Zagreb has no reason to fear anyone.
Two away games in a row for Dinamo Zagreb, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Atalanta in the Champions League. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hajduk Split in the 1. HNL.
Dinamo Zagreb goalkeeper Dominik Livaković had a great day against Atalanta, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Dinamo Zagreb given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed ten matches with 9 wins as expected, 0 draws and 1 surprise home win. The favourites won 7 of these games by at least two goals.
The Dinamo Zagreb manager N. Bjelica has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. Dinamo Zagreb are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Dinamo Zagreb - Istra 1961 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 1 - 9 (Istra 1961 wins - draws - Dinamo Zagreb wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Oršić 8 goals |   M. Ćuže 6 goals |  D. Kądzior 4 goals |
Istra 1961 missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Istra 1961 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 24 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 69% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 53% |
| 38% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 47% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 13% |
| 44% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 20% |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.5 | 7.4 |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 137 | 73 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 112 | 225 |
| 54 | 29 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 57 | 98 |
| 26% | 34% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | 30% |
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals (7)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most clean sheets (9)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most points (16) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (18) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the most scored goals (29)
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+13) away
- Dinamo Zagreb has the the best goal difference (+22)
- Dinamo Zagreb have created more than twice as many corners as Istra 1961.
- Dinamo Zagreb have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have scored more than double the goals of Istra 1961.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dinamo Zagreb is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Istra 1961 has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- Istra 1961 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Istra 1961 is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 35 |
| 2 | Hajduk Split | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Osijek | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Rijeka | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Gorica | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 9 | Varaždin | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | Inter Zapresic | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -16 | 11 |