Dinamo Zagreb vs Gorica Prediction: Can Gorica pull off another surprise against Dinamo?

Dinamo Zagreb have a very busy schedule already at the beginning of the season with challenges in the Champions League qualifiers where they eliminated Astana last week. The next opponent is Gorica, which also has a solid start to the season. Both teams won in the first round of the HNL and enter this game full of confidence. The fact is that Dinamo are a much better team, but Gorica managed to avoid defeat in two of the previous three duels against the Blues. We will see if they can resist again against such a superior opponent.

Form: WWWLW

In the previous match of the strongest Croatian competition, Dinamo beat Istra 1961 away from home with 0:3. They took the lead already in the sixth minute. After two rounds played, Dinamo recorded one win and one loss each. In the second round of Champions League qualification, they defeated Astana with a total score of 0:6. Their next opponent will be the Greek AEK. Manager Igor Biscan has almost the entire team at his disposal, and the only player who is out of the protocol due to injury is Gabriel Rukavina. Also, it is expected that the same team as in the previous competition match will run on the field in the duel against Gorica.

Form: WDLDL

In the previous round, Gorica beat Lokomotiva at home with a score of 1:0. The match was of lower intensity, with few chances on both sides and the only goal was scored by Sven Blummel in stoppage time, after which the visiting team failed to get back into the game with a score. After two rounds, Gorica achieved one win and one draw each, and currently occupies third place in the table. In the first round, they drew 1:1 at home against Varazdin. During the preparatory period, they played a draw with Rudes and lost to Macedonian Shkendija. With a fully healthy squad available for selection, Gorica manager Zeljko Sopic has absolutely no worries about physical fitness ahead of this game. This means that after a well-presented game in the previous match, the same team will probably be present in the upcoming match.

Dinamo are the clear favorite in this match due to the advantage of the home field, form and previous duels between each other. Anything but a home win would be a real surprise. Therefore, we predict a victory for Dinamo, with the addition that the total number of goals in the match will be over 2.5.