Week 9 features a match on Saturday Sep 10th, where Gorica will play host to Dinamo Zagreb in a meeting of these two 1. HNL teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. 9th placed Gorica is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Varaždin. Agon Elezi struck first for Varaždin in the 10th minute, then Agon Elezi added another in the 43rd minute. Gorica looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Dinamo Zagreb recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Chelsea. Mislav Oršić scored the first goal for Dinamo Zagreb in the 13th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Chelsea couldn’t muster any offence and Dinamo Zagreb ran away with the shutout win. Dinamo Zagreb is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Dinamo Zagreb won the head to head battle with 4 wins.
Dinamo Zagreb is fortunate enough to have Mislav Oršić in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Anthony Kalik has been the most prolific scorer on Gorica in his last five matches with two goals.