Dinamo Zagreb vs Olympiakos Prediction and Preview – 20/10/15
Champions League preview – Dinamo Zagreb vs Olympiakos prediction
Dinamo Zagreb have at least two players out through injury and they are Domagoj Pavicic and Gordon Schildenfeld. Leonardo Sigali is a doubt and Arijan Ademi is suspended, otherwise, manager Zoran Mamic has the bulk of his squad to pick from and could opt for an attacking 4-3-3 formation.
Olympiakos have a number of injury concerns ahead of the trip to Zagreb. Manager Marco Silva will be without veteran midfielder Esteban Cambiasso, David Fuster, Andreas Bouchalakis and Giannis Maniatis. Alejandro Dominguez and Felipe Pardo are also rated as doubtful but could make the starting XI.
Possible Line-ups
Dinamo Zagreb: 4-3-3 formation: Eduardo; Pinto, Taraval, Sigali, Pivaric; Rog, Antolic, Machado; Soudani, Henriquez, Fernandes
Olympiakos: 4-2-3-1 formation: Roberto; Elabdellaoui, Botia, Siovas, Salino; Milivojevic, Kassami; Seba, Dominguez, Pardo; Ideye
Statistics
- Dinamo Zagreb have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Olympiakos have won 8, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Dinamo Zagreb have scored an average of 3 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Olympiakos have scored an average of 2.5 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 9 of Dinamo Zagreb’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Olympiakos’ previous 10 matches
Prediction
Both teams come in to this match having lost convincingly to Bayern Munich but defeated Arsenal and therefore sit on 3 points each in Group F.
Dinamo Zagreb suffered a 5-0 defeat at Bayern Munich last time out in the Champions League but they will not be the only team to taste a heavy defeat at the Allianz Arena this season. Sitting top of the Croatia First Division, Dinamo have won their last six home games in a row, scoring 20 goals in the process and it’s very rare that they taste defeat at the Stadion Maksimir. In fact, their last home defeat came back in November 2014 at the hands of Salzburg in the Europa League.
Olympiakos secured a great win at Arsenal in their previous Champions League fixture and this will give them the confidence that they get something against Dinamo Zagreb. The Greek team sit comfortably top of their domestic league after seven games and have lost just one match this season, which was the game against Bayern Munich. Olympiakos have won their last five matches in a row, scoring 17goals in the process.
Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos will believe they have a great chance of qualifying from this group, if they can take maximum points from this game. There appears to be little to seperate them and home advantage could prove pivotal.
Tips
Dinamo Zagreb or Draw at 12/25 – Click here to bet with Bet365
BTTS at 5/6 – Click here to bet with Bet365
Dinamo Zagreb win and BTTS at 5/1 – Click here to bet with Bet365
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