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In the semi-final of the Croatian Cup competition, Hrvatski Nogometni Kup, there will be a duel between Dinamo Zagreb and HNK Rijeka at 5 pm on Wednesday night at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb. Since last season, this duel has once again a very special explosiveness: In the season 2016/17 Rijeka had dared to break the dominance of the capital city: After eleven championships in a row for Zagreb last year’s championship title went to Rijeka for the first time. With the cup victory, the men of the port city even secured the double. Rijeka had won the Cup final with 3: 1 of all against Zagreb. For this season, the Croatian record champion from the capital vowed revenge. In the league, the plan seems to work. Now, the dark blue could salt the rival of the Adriatic coast and the soup in the cup.
Dinamo Zagreb:
After 27 matchdays everything is back to normal in the Croatian first football league: Dinamo Zagreb is in first place with 60 points. The lead over the pursuers, Hajduk Split and HNK Rijeka, is eight and nine points, respectively. So far, the record champions from Croatia won 18 games, six games ended in draws and three duels were lost. With 37 points from 15 games Dinamo is also the best home team of the national league. In the home stadium Maksimir you had to accept only one draw and two defeats so far.
The goal difference at home is 31:11. 31 home goals scored and eleven home goals scored are the second best in the league. Until the 21st Match was the record champions still without defeat in the league, but in the last six league games, the dark blue had to accept the first three seasonal defeats. There was also a draw and only two wins. In the second round of the Cup Zagreb had already big problems with the second division Novigrad and could move into the next round only after penalties.
Rijeka:
After the sensational season last year, things are returning to normal in Rijeka. The HNK is currently ranked third in the league. The league leaders are nine points behind. This third place would be enough to qualify for the Europa League qualification. The advantage over the first non-European Cup place is currently six points. In the current season, Rijeka had made it into the group stage of the Europa League. In the end, the Croatian champions in Group D finished third behind AC Milan and AEK Athens. Only Austria Vienna was left behind. Thus, the Croats were eliminated after the group stage from the European Cup.
In this league season, there were 16 wins, three draws and eight defeats for the reigning champions. 59 goals mean the best offense of the HNL. In the away table coach Matjaž Kek’s team is in third place. In 12 games on the opponent’s place there were five wins, two draws and five bankruptcies. 13 goals in foreign countries are the best value in the 1st Croatian league. 19 goals scored correspond to the third best value on the opponent’s place. In the last nine games, there was only one defeat for last season’s double winner. For five games Rijeka is undefeated. There were four wins and one draw during this period.
D. Zagreb vs Rijeka head to head matches
07.03.18 1HN Rijeka D. Zagreb 4 : 1
28.10.17 1HN D. Zagreb Rijeka 3 : 1
11.08.17 1HN Rijeka D. Zagreb 0 : 2
31.05.17 CUP D. Zagreb Rijeka 1 : 3
27.05.17 1HN D. Zagreb Rijeka 5 : 2