H2H: Dinamo Zagreb vs Feyenoord – Prediction (Europa League

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Croatian international Mislav Oršić scored a hat-trick vs Atalanta in last season’s UEFA Champions League campaign and has seven goals from his 16 European games with Zagreb. Leading the way in the Eredivisie, with six goals from the opening five rounds, Feyenoord’s Steven Berghuis boasted six goal involvements in Europe last season (three goals, three assists). Feyenoord manager Dick Advocaat boasts a 76.47% W/D rate across his career UEFA Cup / UEL games overseen (W32, D20, L16).

Dinamo Zagreb Insights.

Dinamo Zagreb look to improve on their latest UEFA Europa League (UEL) campaign, which saw them reach the Round of 16 for the first time. However, they face a challenge here, as despite going unbeaten in 12 of their last 13 competitive games (W10, D2, L1), they are winless in each of their last six meetings with Dutch opposition (D1, L5) since 2008. Games here are often entertaining affairs, with nine of Dinamo’s 13 competitive home games in 2020 seeing over 3.5 total goals (3.92 per-match on average). Curiously, all saw either under 2.5 goals or over 3.5 – never exactly three – with 53.84% seeing both teams score.

Feyenoord Insights.

Visiting Feyenoord must improve on their single victory they attained in their 2019/20 UEL group (W1, D2, L3). Moreover, all five of their points earned came at home, whilst they failed to score in two of their three away defeats, each of which was entered as outsiders. They also lost in their only away trip to Croatia (3-1 vs Rijeka). Feyenoord often travel well, and are unbeaten in all but three competitive away games since October 20, 2019 – though two of those defeats have come in this competition (W9, D3, L3). Notably, Feyenoord’s last four away defeats in all competitions saw them ship 2+ goals before HT, though they did win in the last such game (4-3 vs Zwolle).