Preview and Teams Comparison. Croatia’s Eternal Derby is always a special game, but with Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split occupying the league’s top two spots, this clash takes on extra significance. However with four red cards across the last three H2Hs, the better disciplined team may be the one to take all three ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Unbeaten in their last five international fixtures (W3, D2), Croatia’s 3-1 comeback victory versus Slovakia saw the ‘Blazers’ book their place in Euro 2020 and top their group. Since Zlatko Dalic took charge in October 2017, Croatia are undefeated in 22 of their 29 matches: W17, D5, L7, ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Requiring just a point to qualify for Euro 2020, Croatia should be confident here considering that they’ve never lost at home in European Championship qualifying (ECQ) in 34 such matches (W26, D8). What’s more, they are unbeaten in 13 internationals (W10, D3) in Rijeka and in the last ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Dinamo Zagreb are winless in three European matches against Shakhtar Donetsk (W0 D1 L2), losing two UEFA Champions League qualifiers in August 2008 and drawing 2-2 on MD3 this season. The only match Dinamo Zagreb haven’t won across their previous six competitive fixtures was a 2-2 ...
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Preview and players comparison. Fernando Verdasco edges the H2H series 2-1, but Borna Coric won their only previous meeting on the main tour (Paris Masters 2015). While the Spaniard is struggling for consistency all year, Borna Coric is going through a rough patch at the moment and is also dealing with fitness ...
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Preview and players comparison. While Marin Cilic is enduring a tough time on tour, Hubert Hurkacz is having his breakthrough season so far in 2019, highlighted by a title-winning run in Winston Salem and a couple of semifinal appearances on the main tour. Marin Cilic enters Paris Masters after a disappointing ...
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Preview and players comparison. Mikhail Kukushkin has surprisingly dominated this matchup in the past by winning all his previous three matches against Borna Coric — recently in the Davis Cup 2018. Though Borna Coric is by far the better player of these two, his recent struggles for form and fitness gives Mikhail ...
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Preview and players comparison. While Marin Cilic exited the top 20 group as a result of a poor run in recent months, David Goffin fought his way back into the group after posting some fine results in the second half, which gives him the slight edge in this clash. That said, their H2H is tied at 3-3, and both players ...
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Preview and players comparison. The pair will be meeting for the eighth time and fourth time in the 2019 season. Bertens has won their latest two clashes, in the first round of Beijing (3-6, 6-1, 7-6) and final of St. Petersburg (7-6, 6-4), to lead the series by 4-3. All but two of their previous encounters have ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Shakhtar Donetsk and Dinamo Zagreb have only faced twice previously in European competition – Shakhtar won both legs in the third phase of the Champions League qualifiers for the 2008-09 season. Shakhtar Donetsk and Dinamo Zagreb bring identical European form to their Champions League ...
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