1.HNL - Dinamo Zagreb vs Hajduk Split Football betting preview

Cup Finals, 1st leg

Altough i was thinking about draw after saturday's match, injury crisis in Hajduk changed my mind.

Team news

Their biggest loss is missing of their imho best offensive player, attacking midfielder Florin Cernat. Captain Andrić(DM) is also out just like Rubil probably, and some players like Sablić(CB) and Linić(DM) are also unfit but will play. Dinamo on the other hand will miss very important defender Biscan(ex L'pool), Guela and Balaban(last one is regular striker, first one is part time winger).

What to expect from his match?

They played twice this year and both times their matches were boring.

Last one was played on saturday and Hajduk completely outplayed unmotivated Dinamo, was very close to winning them, but late equaliser spoil it all. This could be completely different match, Dinamo is far more motivated now but has some obvious form problems, and Hajduk is hungry for succes but it would be pretty damn hard for them to replace those missings mentioned above. Hajduk will be defending as long as the score would be appropriate for them, and this means even 1-0 for hosts. They are well aware how stronger they'll be in 2nd leg, so they'll want to avoid big defeat, and in that case full stadium and big income from the tickets is guaranteed. Dinamo, on the other hand, will try not to concede. They wont risk anything in this match, cause it's most important one in this year so far.

Prediction

Coach Soldo is under big critics because of the way his team plays.

It's always expected from Dinamo to trash their opponents with 4-5 goals difference in every match, to play attractive, attacking football.

But from my point of view, generally, if Dinamo wants to make something in European competitions thats the only way, cause they lack quality comparing to "big" clubs, especially now, after they sold three great players( Modrić, Eduardo, Ćorluka) in less than a year.

What does it means for this match?

Not much imho, i expect Dinamo to win today and take advantage of Hajduk's injury problems. Cernat isn't a big miss when they play defensive cause romanian is lazy when it comes to defending, but Andrić is a different story, he cant be replaced.

I couldn't find anywhere Hajduk not to score cause this is definetly best bet here(my local bookie has it @2.40), or Dinamo wins by one exactly so i'll go with straight win only.

Under is also very likely.

GL



Pick : HOME
Odds : 1.65
Stake : 10 / 10
Bookmaker : SportingBet
Match Result : 3-0
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