Dinamo Zagreb vs Osijek Prediction: Derby of this round in Croatian league

Dinamo will play three games in just one week, after the victory against Hajduk on Sunday in the 23rd round of the SuperSport HNL, followed by a match in the quarter-finals of the SuperSport Croatian Cup against Lokomotiva, and today there will be a new championship match, Osijek is coming to Maksimir. On Sunday (17:30), in the big derby of the 24th round of the SuperSport HNL, Dinamo welcomes Osijek, who will be led by new coach Borimir Perkovic for the first time this season.

In the leadership of Dinamo, there are changes in all directions, so Kresimir Antolic was recently removed from the head of the club, as well as several other commissioners of the former ruler Zdravko Mamic. Despite the instability in the administration, the team is playing very well and will have no problem winning another title. They demonstrated force against Hajduk, while this Sunday they are looking for revenge for the minimal defeat last fall in the dense fog at the Osijek. Then Osijek celebrated with a goal that few have seen, in a rare game that was significantly affected by weather conditions. Now according to the locals, the situation should be better with the weather, which guarantees that the difference in quality will surface.

Before the new season, Osijek announced a fight for the highest achievements and the construction of a new stadium, but great expectations quickly fell into the water during the last summer and the hard-to-digest and unexpected relegation from European competitons. There followed a chase around coach Nenad Bjelica, who was eventually dismissed, but now there has been a new change because Bjelica's assistant Rene Poms left the helm of the club, who went from praise to the abyss. The experienced Borimir Perkovic has now taken the reins into his own hands. In the long term, it seems like a great solution, and the fact that he is a former playing legend of the club is in his favor. Whether he can have a bigger impact right away is hard to say, but what we can conclude is that he got the worst possible opening.

Dinamo is on an unstoppable way to the title, and it looks like they will win it with a big difference in points. It does not seem as if they will falter and the guests will have a hard time resisting their pressure and superb offensive form. We are convinced that the new coach will stabilize Osijek after numerous transfer departures, but not against Dinamo, who should dominate the whole match and easily win.