📏 Form Guide
Dinamo Zagreb LWWLWW
Dinamo Zagreb will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-3 Prva Liga victory versus Hajduk Split.
In that match, Dinamo Zagreb managed 54% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Dinamo Zagreb, the goalscorers were Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (51'), Sandro Kulenović (64') and Petar Sučić (101'). On the other side, Hajduk Split had 7 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Marko Livaja (56') scored for Hajduk Split.
An interesting theme in more recent Dinamo Zagreb games is the number of nil scores.
From their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on both teams scoring would have lost.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Dinamo Zagreb:
- have not been beaten in the league by Slaven Belupo in their previous 2 games.
- are undefeated in their previous 10 league matches at home. It's been impressive.
Slaven Belupo LWWLDL
After tasting defeat last time out to NK Osijek in Prva Liga action, Slaven Belupo and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that game, Slaven Belupo had 69% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Slaven Belupo was Ivan Dolček (53'). Osijek got 11 shots at goal with 8 on target. Nail Omerović (25', 30'), Hernâni (43') and Roko Jurišić (59') scored for NK Osijek.
For 5 of the past 6 clashes involving Slaven Belupo, a relatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game in that period is a mere 2.17, with the average goals for Farmaceuti being 1. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, of course.
Pre-game facts show that Slaven Belupo:
- haven't beaten Dinamo Zagreb in away games against them for the last 6 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
- have not been beaten in their last 7 league matches away from home.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 04/12/2023 tells us that Dinamo Zagreb have won 4 of these games & Slaven Belupo 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.
The previous league meeting between the two was Prva Liga match day 25 on 09/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Slaven Belupo 0-1 Dinamo Zagreb.
On that occasion, Slaven Belupo managed 33% possession and 3 shots at goal with 0 on target.
Dinamo Zagreb had 22 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Luka Stojković (18') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Patrik Kolarić.
🗞️ Team News: Dinamo Zagreb
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Dinamo Zagreb boss Sandro Perković to contend with from a near full-strength group. Raúl Torrente (Cruciate ligament tear) is sidelined.
🔮 Prediction
We’re of the view that Dinamo Zagreb should dominate possession and create several successful chances.
In contrast, Slaven Belupo may well find it hard to get shooting opportunities but we can see them converting at least once here, too.
We’re tipping a decent 3-1 win for Dinamo Zagreb at full-time.
Peter Guest, 17:03 10/05/2025