Dinamo Zagreb vs Slaven Belupo Prediction: Dinamo must win

Dinamo Zagreb failed to qualify for one of the strongest European competitions, which is a big blow for the club. In any case, the Blues have to focus on the domestic championship where they have a disadvantage. This week, Slaven Belupo are coming as a guest on Maksimir. Dinamo Zagreb had a difficult start to the season, after they finished in the Conference League, which is significantly less than what they expected. All those European matches took their toll on the results in the domestic championship, so now Dinamo is in fourth place.

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After a very turbulent start to the season and relegation from the Champions League and Europa League qualifiers, a change of manager, and exit transfers of the best players, Dinamo managed to put out the fire with an incredible comeback against Osijek in the last round. Dinamo pulled through in an unpleasant away game with two penalties in the last moments of the match, overturning a 0:2 deficit, so they are currently tied for third place with a game less and five points behind first-placed Hajduk. The bare statistics say that Dinamo have won a total of 10 points from the five rounds played so far with three wins, one draw, and one loss each. After the change of manager, the departure of Igor Biscan, and the arrival of Sergej Jakirovic, the situation calmed down a bit, but it must be said that during this transition period, Dinamo did not bring the right replacements for the main stars they sold.

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After the leaving of manager Zoran Zekic, things are no longer the same at Belupo. After seven rounds played, the club achieved only one celebration with three draws and three defeats, and they are currently in the penultimate place in the table. The new manager Ricardo Moniz has a solid team in his hands, which definitely has the quality to be firmly in the middle of the table, but he failed to pick up the strings, so the “Pharmaceutics” have already decided on a change on the bench, as the well-known Roy Ferencina replaced the foreign expert. The management is aware that the team can do much better, so it will be interesting to see how they will react under the leadership of the new manager, who is awaiting a baptism of fire in Zagreb with the defending champions.

Dinamo don’t have the same quality or length of rotation as last year, but they have more than enough at their disposal to routinely celebrate against teams like Slaven Belupo. Today's match is special because former captain Arijan Ademi is returning to the Blue team, so there is no doubt that the team will be extremely motivated in front of the home fans. I expect a routine celebration from the home team in a match in which they should have complete control, and this is a match when they can start “firing” more at opponent goal.