Slaven Belupo vs Dinamo Zagreb Prediction: Difficult times for Dinamo Zagreb

Slaven Belupo will host Dinamo in the 25th round of the HNL. The team from Koprivnica are currently the team with the best form in the Croatian championship. In the last five games, they have won 11 points, four more than their next opponent, the current champion. The match is expected to be played in front of full stands because there are still about 500 tickets left on sale. Dinamo fans received a total of 353 tickets for the away stand and they have long been sold out. The Zagreb club, led by Fabio Cannavaro, are still 7 points behind the leading Rijeka and 6 behind Hajduk, and the championship is approaching its end. Patience is running out for the Italian expert, and for the players who have more quality than the competition, but do not show it on the pitch.

Slaven Belupo

Form: DWDWW

Mario Kovacevic's team are probably the most pleasant surprise of this season in the HNL, despite a very poor start to the season, where they only won 6 points in the first 11 rounds, drew at home against Lokomotiva 2:2 and Rijeka 0:0, missed a win against Sibenik in the 88th minute (2:2) and defeated Dinamo 4:1. The hosts enter this match after victory in the Cup quarter-finals over Gorica (3:1 after extra time), and with a turnaround and victory in Saturday's away match in Osijek (1:2), they extended their unbeaten streak in the spring part of the championship (3 wins and a draw). This season, the 'Pharmacists' are led by Grgic with five goals and three assists, and Nestorovski and Jagusic with three goals and one assist each, with Jagusic also excelling in the Cup, where he added three more goals to his account and practically single-handedly brought the team to the semi-finals. Slaven are the first team in the league if we take into account the last 12 championship games (6-5-1 ratio), in that period they won a point more than second-placed Rijeka and even 7 points more than Dinamo.

Dinamo Zagreb

Form: DLLWW

Everyone expects Dinamo to win this away game, where they were last outplayed in the first part of the season. Now Cannavaro intends to strengthen his ranks, in a game in which he cannot count on Niko Galesic and Stefan Ristovski due to red cards. This means that Raul Torrente and Kevin Theophile-Catherine will have to withdraw in defense, and Ivan Nevistic will also have to step up in goal. As for the midfield, Cannavaro can't seem to find a winning formula. Josip Misic is still recovering from injury and the question is whether he will get a chance, while Bartol Franjic disappointed with an own goal against Hajduk. That's why young Leon Belcar, a reinforcement from Varazdin, could come to the fore. Let's not forget Martin Baturina, who can always push Dinamo towards victory with his moves. Dinamo are in terrible form, and I think that it will be an extremely difficult away game for them in Koprivnica.

Expert Betting Tips

These teams played a total of 85 matches in the HNL, Dinamo won 64 times with 13 draws and 8 losses, the goal difference is in Dinamo's favor 195:61. However, in this match, the roles are changed, Slaven are playing amazingly while Dinamo are struggling. I expect a tough match, but I think that both teams will score a goal in this duel, and they will share the points in the end, considering their recent performances and the form in the defensive lines.

Our prediction for the match is half-time draw for the odds of 2.37 at Bet365.

Our second prediction is a draw for odds of 3.98 at 1xbet.

Our third prediction correct score 1:1 for odds of 7 at Betway.