D. Zagreb vs Plzen prediction: EUROPE: Europa Conference League – Group Stage betting tips on match 2023-10-25 19:00.
After only two games of their very first UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) campaign, Dinamo Zagreb have already experienced the highs and lows of the competition after notching an impressive 5-1 win over Astana, before falling to a shock 2-0 defeat to Kosovan outfit Ballkani. Many will expect the Croats to bounce back from that loss here, having spent the last two seasons in the group stages of Europeâs top-two tiered competitions.
Even so, the latter of those European outings form part of a poor run of three defeats from four competitive games ahead of this clash for Dinamo. Facing Czech opposition in the form of Viktoria PlzeĆ may soothe the nerves at least, as Dinamo have never lost a home game against such sides across club history (W3, D2), a record which is strongly backed up by a run of 11 unbeaten European home games across their last 13 (W8, D3).
The visitors fell ten points behind the Czech league leaders with a comprehensive 3-0 defeat at Liberec on Saturday, so theyâll hope to find some solace in the UECL, where they lead Group C after a pair of slender victories. Those wins brought PlzeĆ up to an impressive seven consecutive victories in the UECL, including qualifiers, ahead of just their third encounter with Croatian opponents.
Both of their prior matches against Croatian opponents actually came against none other than Dinamo, a 2-1 home win and a 3-0 defeat here during 2018/19, as PlzeĆ were eliminated from the Europa League. With potential vengeance on the agenda, Viktorka should be able to at least make their hosts work for a result here after scoring exactly twice in all but one of their all-time UECL road trips (W5, L2).
Players to watch: Dinamoâs Bruno PetkoviÄ has been Flashscoreâs player of the match in two of his last four appearances (G3, A1), and he also managed to assist in both games against Sparta Prague earlier in the season. As for PlzeĆ, TomĂĄĆĄ ChorĂœ has contributed to four goals across his last four European club appearances (G2, A2) with each match ending in victory.
Hot stat: Four of PlzeĆâs last six competitive matches produced at least three first-half goals.