GNK Dinamo Zagreb vs Betis Prediction & Betting Tips - Conference League

Prediction published on 22/02/2024, 04:45  by Daniel Ngulu in Conference League Predictions

Real Betis will seek to overturn a 1-0 deficit when they visit Dinamo Zagreb for their Conference League return match. The two sides will meet on Thursday for the return leg of their knockout round playoff in Zagreb. Hosts Dinamo Zagreb have a slender advantage, having won in Spain last week through Bruno Petkovic’s penalty. Petkovic is in good form, having netted the team’s last four goals, all coming in their last three games. Dinamo Zagreb warmed up for this game with a 1-0 win at home to Varazdin in the Croatian league. While they remain third in the domestic league, that win saw them go 10 points ahead of fourth placed Osijek. They have a game in hand though are six points behind league leaders Rijeka. Dinamo Zagreb’s main concern will be their low scoring returns coming here. In five of their last seven matches, they failed to hit more than a goal. With four wins in their last five matches, however, Dinamo Zagreb take to this game a good run. They are unbeaten in those five matches and all their wins came with clean sheets.

Real Betis, like their hosts, have also not been scoring a lot of goals. As a matter of fact, they failed to score in their last two matches ahead of this. One of the two matches was a 1-0 home loss to Dinamo Zagreb and here they’ll be out to overturn that. Ahead of this game, Betis played out a 0-0 draw with Alaves making it four straight home games without a win. In their last 10 matches, they’ve managed more than a goal in only two. All of their last five matches, and seven of 10 returned under 2.5 goals. The Spaniards lost their final two group games in the Europa League and thus dropped to this stage of the Conference League. After losing the first leg against Dinamo Zagreb, they will be keen on not suffering another defeat in Europe. That would end in their elimination, so Betis hope they can register a third straight away win here. In their last two away matches, they beat Mallorca and Cadiz, a run they will hope to extend in Zagreb.