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Lok. Zagreb vs D. Zagreb Prediction & Betting tips
The talent factory of Dinamo Zagreb enjoys an outstanding reputation. Legends like Davor Suker or currently players like Dani Olmo, Mario Mandzukic and Mateo Kovacic were trained here. The Modri mostly pursued the strategy of providing their talents with the necessary practice by lending them to partner clubs. And of course today’s city rival Lok Zagreb has been such a partner club for decades.
With their promotion to the 1st HNL, the Lokosi cut any entanglements with the Purgeri, but they have so far not really been able to kick out of the shadow of the capital’s flagship and currently have four loan players from their big brother in their ranks. Which bookmaker at Lok Zagreb against Dinamo Zagreb offers the best odds can be found in the betting odds comparison.
The home side will of course be an outsider against the current leader of the 1st HNL. How clear is the favorite role of Modri is already clear in the bookies, which are available at Lok Zagreb against Dinamo Zagreb for tip 1.
After all, in Lok Zagreb against Dinamo Zagreb, the forecast must take into account that the Purgeri have collected 22 points more than their city rival on the 27 game days of the 1st HNL so far. In addition, Dinamo has won six of the last seven city derbies without conceding a goal.
Locomotive Zagreb:
The NK Lokomotiva Zagreb was founded on May 1, 1914. However, the traditional club does not have a particularly bright history. The Lokosi played in Croatia’s top division for only one year, namely in the 1940/41 season.
In the following decade, there were still eight seasons of belonging to the first league of Yugoslavia, but at the latest when the 1st HNL was founded in 1991, the captains of the margins once again marginalized in the lowest amateur leagues.
Until 2006 the promotion to the fourth highest division was successful, which in turn called the city rivals and today’s opponents Dinamo Zagreb on the scene. The Modri started a cooperation with the Lokosi and awarded their best talents to the club year after year, which then went on to achieve the steepest climb ever to a club in Croatia’s leagues.
Within four years, NK Lokomotiva went through the fifth, fourth, third and finally also second league of Croatia and rose each time on the first attempt. In summer 2009, the promotion to the 1st HNL was sealed, which meant that the connections to Dinamo Zagreb had to be cut as well. Two allies became city rivals, although the Zagreb Derby is still not too explosive, of course.
This is also because David has rarely annoyed the Goliath. In 36 competitive games there are only two games won for NK Lokomotiva, which is why it comes as no surprise that at Lok Zagreb against Dinamo Zagreb all odds are clearly towards the guests.
Nevertheless, the Lokosi, where four brand new Modri loan players are causing a sensation, are by no means to be taken lightly. After all, Goran Tomic’s team won 14 of the 27 league games, placing them in a respectable fourth place.
In any case, the capitals already qualified three times for the Europa League in the decade, although the re-start at the 0-1 home defeat against NK Osijek last Sunday was unsuccessful. After five league games won in the 1st HNL in a row, it was a small damper in the fight for international starting places.
Now, despite the demanding program – after the Zagreb derby, the Lokosi are away to the current second HNK Rijeka before the next heavyweight is at home with Hajduk Split – the points continue to be collected and not to be thrown off the track .
Dinamo Zagreb:
With 20 national championships, the GNK Dinamo Zagreb is the clear record champion of the country, since so far only 28 national championships have been played in the 1st HNL founded in 1991.
Only twice did the Modri not finish in the top three at the end of a season. Namely in the very first season at all, when they were not yet part of the top division in the country, and in the messed up season 2004/05, when in the end only seventh place was in the final table.
However, this was a one-time outlier, because the rule is that the Purgeri play for the championship year after year and that in the end they also break in reliably. Now everything speaks for the fact that in a few weeks, championship number 21 will go to the account of Igor Jovicevic’s troupe. After 22 wins from the first 27 league games, 68 points are already on Modri’s account.
That’s an incredible 18 points ahead of main chase HNK Rijeka, which means that the club, who even celebrated a 4-0 home win over quarter-finalist Atalanta Bergamo in the 2019/20 season even in the UEFA Champions League, even one or the other Slips should allow on the remaining game days. Finally, there are only 27 points to be awarded before the master is chosen.
The Modri, which is almost untouchable, especially at home, did not leave too much out of home. Nine of the 13 games in foreign places were won. However, there were all three defeats of the season in league operations in the distance. At least with the city rival Lokomotiva, none of the last three derbies was lost. Last September the Purgeri won 4: 0.
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So practically everything speaks for the fact that in this duel between Lok Zagreb and Dinamo Zagreb Tip 2 again. The only critical aspect is that defense chief Dino Peric continues to fail after his cruciate ligament rupture. Actors such as Josko Gvardiol, who was only 18 years old and who was associated with a move to FC Bayern these days, have recently been able to close this gap, even though the 3-1 away win at Varazdin at the restart for the first time in three matches Zero wins in a row gave a clean sheet.
Lok. Zagreb vs D. Zagreb head to head matches
17.01.20 CF D. Zagreb Lok. Zagreb 1 : 1
14.12.19 1HN D. Zagreb Lok. Zagreb 1 : 0
27.09.19 1HN Lok. Zagreb D. Zagreb 0 : 4
19.07.19 1HN D. Zagreb Lok. Zagreb 3 : 0
05.05.19 1HN D. Zagreb Lok. Zagreb 3 : 0