Key statistics for the Croatia Cup fixture between Dinamo Zagreb and Istra 1961

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.

Dinamo Zagreb form and stats

Last season, Dinamo's Croatia Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at ŠRC Velika Gorica as Dinamo Zagreb have scored 43 goals to get 41 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the 1. HNL are 13-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Croatia Cup, Dinamo Zagreb has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Dinamo has a nice streak going on as they have played 17 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sibenik defeat 109 days ago.

Dinamo Zagreb are returning here after visiting Gorica in a 1. HNL game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Mario Gavranović (3) scored the goal(s). Nobody expected Dinamo to beat Gorica in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. The attacker Mario Gavranović was "man of the match" for Dinamo with a rating of 9.25/10. Gavranović scored three goals and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total). Danijel Zagorac loved the game against Gorica. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory. Mario Gavranović was absolutely essential when Dinamo beat Gorica 3-0, scoring three goals.

In the match before that, Dinamo hosted Varazdin and drew the 1. HNL game 2-2.

Dinamo Zagreb are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost zero.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. HNL game versus Sibenik in only three days. This game is also played here at ŠRC Velika Gorica.

Dinamo are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (43 goals in 17 games). Dinamo have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Istra 1961 form and stats

They also participated in Croatia Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.

Istra 1961 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the 1. HNL, after 1-6-10 (17 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Croatia Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.

The supporters enjoyed Istra's previous game versus Slaven Koprivnica, a 1. HNL 1-0 win played at home. Ivan Lučić was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.63. The agile goalkeeper Lučić stopped the opponent with three saves.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Lokomotiva Zagreb in the 1. HNL.

You'll want to know how Istra managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and four home wins.

The schedule is very tough for Istra now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 1. HNL game at Osijek is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Istra 1961 have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Dinamo victories, one draw and zero Istra 1961 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Gavranović 16 goals

M. Oršić 16 goals

B. Petković 9 goals

Dinamo Zagreb missing players

Istra 1961 missing players