1. HNL match preview: Šibenik believed to be the weaker party when Dinamo Zagreb pays a visit

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 17:10 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Šubićevac (8000 seats)

Battling Šibenik will hope to pull off a surprise win when they welcome high-flying Dinamo Zagreb in the upcoming league game. It’s 9th vs 1st and the home fans will have low confidence.

Insights:
  • Šibenik have the fewest scored goals (18) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (61) in 1. HNL

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Šibenik and Dinamo Zagreb.

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Šibenik form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 1. HNL this season. Šibenik have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadion Šubićevac.

The Šibenik followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dinamo Zagreb and win 2-1. The attacker Dolček won the honour of being "man of the match" for Šibenik with the rating of 7.4/10. Dolček scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Heartbreak before that as Šibenik lost 0-2 at Varazdin's place.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Šibenik have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 1 and lost 5 from 6 games. 3 defeats by at least two goals.

Šibenik aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Šubićevac in the league, with only {9 goals} from 13 games. On the other hand, Šibenik have conceded 19 goals.

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Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

As the visiting team in 1. HNL matches, Dinamo Zagreb have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far.

Two away games in a row for Dinamo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Šibenik. Until that defeat this club had won at least a draw from nine league games in a row. Attacker Petković got a player rating of 7.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Petković hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Osijek.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 18 of this club's latest 24 league games.

Dinamo Zagreb have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Dinamo Zagreb in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the contenders met earlier this season; Šibenik - Dinamo Zagreb 2-1. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Šibenik, one draw and seven wins for Dinamo Zagreb. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Dinamo ZagrebB. Petković
B. Petković
9 goals
Dinamo ZagrebL. Ivanušec
L. Ivanušec
6 goals
Dinamo ZagrebM. Baturina
M. Baturina
5 goals

Šibenik missing players

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Šibenik Dinamo Zagreb
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 2 Played P 2 11 24
4 2 0 Won W 2 6 17
11 4 1 Drew D 0 3 5
10 7 1 Lost L 0 2 2
18 9 1 Scored S 8 24 61
30 19 3 Conceded C 2 12 23
76% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 83%
40% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 67%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 46%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 29%
44% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 82% 75%
32% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 9% 21%
48% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 8%
 
4 3.6 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.9 4.9
4.7 2.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 3.2
2.3 2.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.2
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 8.3 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 12 14.1
3.4 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.4 6.8
21% 19% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 34% 38%
 
12.1 10.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.2 7.8
5 4.7 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 3.3
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • 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 fewest conceded goals (23) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (24) away in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals (61) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+12) away in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have the the best goal difference (+38) in 1. HNL
  • Dinamo Zagreb have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dinamo Zagreb haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Šibenik have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Šibenik have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Šibenik have the fewest scored goals (18) in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home 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 24 17 5 2 61 23 13 11 2 0 37 11 11 6 3 2 24 12 38 56
2 Hajduk Split 24 13 5 6 45 35 12 8 2 2 28 16 12 5 3 4 17 19 10 44
3 Osijek 24 10 6 8 33 26 12 6 5 1 17 8 12 4 1 7 16 18 7 36
4 Varazdin 24 9 6 9 29 33 13 4 4 5 15 19 11 5 2 4 14 14 -4 33
5 Slaven Koprivnica 25 8 9 8 19 31 12 3 5 4 10 19 13 5 4 4 9 12 -12 33
6 Lokomotiva Zagreb 25 9 4 12 35 37 12 6 2 4 17 13 13 3 2 8 18 24 -2 31
7 Istra 1961 24 8 7 9 25 27 12 5 3 4 11 10 12 3 4 5 14 17 -2 31
8 Rijeka 24 9 4 11 28 32 11 2 2 7 9 17 13 7 2 4 19 15 -4 31
9 Šibenik 25 4 11 10 18 30 13 2 4 7 9 19 12 2 7 3 9 11 -12 23
10 Gorica 25 3 7 15 19 38 12 3 3 6 10 17 13 0 4 9 9 21 -19 16