Simon Dalton presents his prediction for the Europa League match.
This season Dinamo Zagreb have not offered consistent results — before facing Celta de Vigo, the Croatian side alternate wins with defeats. At Maksimir Stadium they will be without seven first‑team players.
Dinamo Zagreb
After strong displays against Fenerbahçe and Maccabi Tel Aviv (both 3:1), Dinamo Zagreb were less convincing away to Malmö (1:1). The Swedes had not earned points in the general stage of the UEFA Europa League before meeting them: despite heavy pressure (2.44:0.64 in xG), the visitors avoided defeat only thanks to a very late goal. Before the win over HNK Rijeka (2:1), they lost to HNK Vukovar 1991 (0:1) in the league — the shortage of available players is affecting results.
Celta de Vigo
Celta de Vigo, on the contrary, have hit their best form of the season. On Sunday they won away to Levante (2:1) — it was a fourth straight victory, and in each of those matches the team scored at least two goals. In the general stage of the UEFA Europa League Celta de Vigo drew top opponents throughout: after an away defeat to Stuttgart (1:2), the squad showed character against PAOK (3:1) and OGC Nice (2:1).
Dinamo Zagreb vs Celta de Vigo Prediction
Bookmakers have not settled on a favourite for this match — the home support for Dinamo Zagreb is a factor in their favour. We still prefer Celta de Vigo, whose form supports the Double Chance outcome.
